Table 2

Preferred management options by the GPs

Preferred diagnostic tests used for diagnosis of diabetes mellitus

Fasting blood glucose

99.2%

Random blood glucose

54.4%

Oral glucose tolerance test

41.6%

Urine sugar

36.8%

HbA1c

27.2%

Use of statins in patients with diabetes mellitus

With IHD

44%

When LDL>100 mg/dL

23.2%

In all diabetes

6.4%

When LDL>150 mg/dL

3.6%

When HDL >65 mg/dL

1.6%

Use of low dose aspirin in patients with diabetes mellitus

With IHD

87.2%

With other risk factors

80.8%

All >40 years of age

32.8%

All diabetics

10.4%

Never

0.2%

Knowledge on the cut off values for metabolic and blood pressure control

HbA1C

63.2%

Fasting Blood Sugar

43.2%

Blood pressure

43.2%

Triglycerides

31.2%

LDL Cholesterol

28.8%

Katulanda et al. Asia Pacific Family Medicine 2011 10:15   doi:10.1186/1447-056X-10-15