OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine in Thai adults aged >or=35 years the prevalence and management of diabetes and the associations of diabetes with cardiovascular risk factors. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The International Collaborative Study of Cardiovascular Disease in Asia was a complex sample survey. Data from a structured questionnaire, brief physical examination, and blood...

OBJECTIVE To report the age- and sex-specific prevalences of diabetes and impaired glucose regulation (IGR) according to the revised 1999 World Health Organization criteria for diabetes in Europe. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 13 studies from nine European countries with 7,680 men and 9,251 women aged 30-89 years were included in the data analysis. RESULTS In most of the study popu...

OBJECTIVE To examine diabetes screening, predictors of screening, and the burden of undiagnosed diabetes in the immigrant population and whether these estimates differ by ethnicity. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A population-based retrospective cohort linking administrative health data to immigration files was used to follow the entire diabetes-free population aged 40 years and up in Ontario, C...

OBJECTIVE The coloured population has the second-highest prevalence of diabetes in South Africa. However, the data were based on a study conducted almost 20 years ago in a peri-urban coloured population of the Western Cape. We aimed to determine the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome in an urban coloured population in South Africa. DESIGN In a cross-sectional survey, 642 p...

E pidemiological evidence has revealed increasing prevalence rates of type 2 diabetes (1,2), with an estimated 6.3% of the U.S. adult population having either diagnosed or undiagnosed diabetes (3). Individuals with a family history of diabetes are at increased risk of developing diabetes, and lifestyle modification can help reduce this risk (4–6). Several studies have demonstrated that lifestyl...

Diabetes mellitus affects up to 6% of the UK population, although it is estimated that around half of these individuals remain undiagnosed. It occurs equally in both sexes but varies with age and race. The ethnic group at highest risk is the Pima Indians in North America with a 50% prevalence of diabetes. Other high-risk groups include the Afro-Caribbean and Asian populations, who are at four t...

OBJECTIVE Our objective was to determine the secular trend in prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Shanghai, China. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Two consecutive population-based surveys for type 2 diabetes were conducted in randomly selected adults aged 35-74 years in Shanghai in 2002-2003 (n = 12,329) and in 2009 (n = 7,423). Diagnosed type 2 diabetes was determined based on self-report, whereas ...

China has made astonishing strides in economic development and has emerged as a strong global partner during the past 30 years. However, the rapid improvement of the standard of living has also exposed the Chinese to new risks that was once thought to be the preserve of the west. New estimates from a population-based national study carried out in 2008–2009 reported 92.4 million people with diab...