Common Chronic Disease Patterns in Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia & YemenDr. O. P. Kapoor
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Analysis of 3000 Arab Patients Admitted To Jaslok Hospital

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III ENDOCRINE NUTRITIONAL & METABOLIC DISEASES

  Total
Arabs Indians
Disease of thyroid gland    
Thyrotoxicosis with or without goitre 9 --
Non-toxic nodular goitre 6 --
Myxoedema 5 --
Thyroidites 2 --
Other diseases of thyroid gland 2 --
Simple goitre 1 --
Diseases of other endocrine glands    
Diabetes mellitus 90 2507
Diseases of the pituary gland 7 --
Ovarian dysfunction 5 --
Disorders of pancreatic internal secretion other than DM 1 --
Diseases of parathyroid gland 1 --
Diseases of adrenal gland 1 --
Polyglandular dysfunction & other diseases of the endocrine glands 1 --
Avitaminoses & other nutritional def    
Nutritional marsus 1 --
Other metabolic diseases    
Obesity not specified as of endocrine origin 12 --
Gout 3 38
Other & unspecified congenital disorders of endocrine glands 2 --
Other hyperalimentation 2 --
Other & unspecified metabolic diseases 1 --
Plasma protein abnormalities 1 --

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