This book bridges the ten years that have elapsed since Kelly West's monograph on diabetes. Much has happened in the last decade, and Diabetes Mellitus provides a stimulating 'state of the art' review of recent epidemiological studies spanning the globe. The scope of the studies stands as a testament to the intense activity in diabetes epidemiology and the enormous contribution the discipline has made to a better understanding of the socio-economic impact, demographic distribution and the natural history and etiology of the various forms of diabetes around the world. This decade of progress, so well described by Dr. Ekoe, provides the springboard for the ultimate dream - the prevention of diabetes mellitus and its devastating complications.
This book bridges the ten years that have elapsed since Kelly West's monograph on diabetes. Much has happened in the last decade, and Diabetes Mellitus provides a stimulating 'state of the art' review of recent epidemiological studies spanning the globe. The scope of the studies stands as a testament to the intense activity in diabetes epidemiology and the enormous contribution the discipline has made to a better understanding of the socio-economic impact, demographic distribution and the natural history and etiology of the various forms of diabetes around the world. This decade of progress, so well described by Dr. Ekoe, provides the springboard for the ultimate dream - the prevention of diabetes mellitus and its devastating complications.
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Dedication. Acknowledgements. Foreword (P. Zimmet). 1. Introduction. 2. Definition of the diabetic state. 3. The clinical syndrome and the biochemical definition. 4. The diabetes mellitus syndrome: diagnostic criteria and diagnosis. 5. Classification of the diabetes mellitus syndrome and other categories of glucose intolerance. 6. Epidemiological ascertainment of the diabetes mellitus syndrome. 7. Geographical distribution of the diabetes mellitus syndrome and related general problems. 8. Epidemiology of diabetes mellitus in caucasian populations. 9. Epidemiology of diabetes in other North American populations. 10. Epidemiology of diabetes mellitus in developing countries and other non-western countries. 11. Epidemiology of diabetes in Oceania. 12. Epidemiology of diabetes in China. 13. Epidemiology of diabetes in Japan. 14. Malnutrition-related diabetes mellitus (MRDM). 15. Epidemiology of the long-term complications of the diabetes mellitus syndrome. 16. Diabetes mortality. 17. Life expectancy and diabetes mellitus. 18. Prognosis in diabetes mellitus. References.
