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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Yang, Wenying
• Lu, Juming
• Weng, Jianping
• Jia, Weiping
• Ji, Linong
• Ji, Qiuhe
• Xiao, Jianzhong
• Shan, Guangliang
• Shan, Zhongyan
• Liu, Jie
• Tian, Haoming
• Zhu, Dalong
• Ge, Jiapu
• Lin, Lixiang
• Chen, Li
• Guo, Xiaohui
• Zhao, Zhigang
• Li, Qiang
• Zhou, Zhiguang
• He, Jiang

Titel

Prevalence of Diabetes among Men and Women in China

Ist Teil von

• The New England journal of medicine, 2010-03, Vol.362 (12), p.1090-1101

Ort / Verlag

Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

Quelle

Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ）

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This article presents the results of the China National Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders study, which was performed in 2007–2008 to estimate the prevalence of diabetes among Chinese adults. The results indicate that diabetes has become a major public health problem in China. The results of the China National Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders study indicate that diabetes has become a major public health problem in China. Cardiovascular disease has become the leading cause of death in China, a development that has followed rapid economic growth, an increase in life expectancy, and changes in lifestyle. 1 Diabetes is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and the prevalence of diabetes is high and is increasing in China. 2 – 4 A national survey conducted in 1994, involving 224,251 Chinese residents, 25 to 64 years of age, from 19 provinces, showed that the prevalences of diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance were 2.5% and 3.2%, respectively. 2 These estimates were higher by a factor of approximately 3 than those reported in 1980. 3 In . . .