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Epidemiology of diabetes.


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Article

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Authors

Forouhi, Nita Gandhi 
Wareham, Nicholas J 

Abstract

The disease burden related to diabetes is high and rising in every country, fuelled by the global rise in the prevalence of obesity and unhealthy lifestyles. The latest estimates show a global prevalence of 382 million people with diabetes in 2013, expected to rise to 592 million by 2035. The aetiological classification of diabetes has now been widely accepted. Type 1 and type 2 diabetes are the two main types, with type 2 diabetes accounting for the majority (>85%) of total diabetes prevalence. Both forms of diabetes can lead to multisystem complications of microvascular endpoints, including retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy, and macrovascular endpoints including ischaemic heart disease, stroke and peripheral vascular disease. The premature morbidity, mortality, reduced life expectancy and financial and other costs of diabetes make it an important public health condition.

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Keywords

Aetiology, diagnosis, epidemiology, prevention, screening, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes

Journal Title

Medicine (Abingdon)

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Journal ISSN

1357-3039
1365-4357

Volume Title

42

Publisher

Elsevier BV
Sponsorship
Medical Research Council (MC_UU_12015/5)
Medical Research Council (MC_UU_12015/1)
Medical Research Council (MC_U106179471)
NGF and NJW acknowledge support from the core Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit Programmes ( MC_UU_12015/5 and MC_UU_12015/1 ).