The Fremantle Diabetes Study

The Fremantle Diabetes Study (FDS) is a unique and internationally recognised longitudinal community-based diabetes natural history study.

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When the Fremantle Diabetes Study (FDS) was conceived in 1991 by its chief investigator Professor Tim Davis, there were few published longitudinal community-based diabetes natural history studies.

Additionally, Australia-specific aspects had not been well characterised including the disproportionately large number of people with diabetes from a migrant background and the important question of diabetes in indigenous groups. 

Phase I (FDS1) started in 1993, recruiting people with known diabetes living in a stable multi-ethnic community forming the Fremantle Hospital primary catchment area. 

This is a postcode-defined population (currently approximately 180,000) living in and around the port of Fremantle, Western Australia. FDS1 aimed to examine clinically relevant aspects of diabetes including usual care, metabolic control, complications and cost. Since FDS1, there have been a number of changes in diabetes epidemiology and management, justifying further study.

Phase II (FDS2) is an extension of the initial research, collecting parallel data from the same geographical area starting in 2008. The >3,000 participants in both Phases are still being followed through linked health databases. FDS findings have appeared in >160 publications over the last 25 years. 

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Our Goals

  • To determine the multi-faceted nature of diabetes in a representative urban Australian setting 
  • To obtain data that help patients with diabetes to better understand their condition, that assist clinicians in managing people with diabetes, and which can be used in planning diabetes services in the community

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