About the Editors. Contributors. Foreword. Acknowledgments. 1: Introduction (Jean-Marie Eko'e, Marian Rewers, Rhys Williams and Paul Z. Zimmet). 2: The Clinical Syndrome and the Biochemical Definition (Jean-Marie Eko'e, Paul Z. Zimmet and Jean-Francois Yale). 3: Diagnosis and Classification (Jean-Marie. Eko'e and Paul Z. Zimmet). 4: Epidemiology of Metabolic Syndrome (Dianna J. Magliano, Adrian Cameron, Jonathan E. Shaw and Paul Z. Zimmet). 5: Obesity and Diabetes (Rachel Huxley, Abdullah Omari and Ian D. Caterson). 6: Methodology for Physical Activity Assessment (Kristi L. Storti, Edward W. Gregg and Andrea M. Kriska). 7: Epidemiology of Nutrition and Diabetes Mellitus: Etiology and Environmental Factors (Jim Mann and Monika Toeller). 8: Genetic Epidemiology of Type 2 Diabetes (Leif Groop, Valeriya Lyssenko, Charlotte Ling and Marju Orho-Melander). 9: Epidemiologic Aspects of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Europe (Harry Keen). 10: The Burden of Diabetes and its Complications in theMiddle East and Eastern Mediterranean Region (Imad M. El-Kebbi and Michael M. Engelgau). 11: Epidemiology of Diabetes in Africa (Ayesha A. Motala, Mahomed A. K. Omar and Fraser J. Pirie). 12: Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus in Latin America (La'ercio J. Franco and Sandra R. G. Ferreira). 13: Diabetes in the Caribbean ... an Epidemiological Review! (Errol Morrison and Dalip Ragoobirsingh). 14: Japan (Naoko Tajima). 15: Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus in China (Juliana C. N. Chan and Clive S. Cockram). 16: Epidemiology of Diabetes in South East Asia (Ambady Ramachandran and Chamukuttan Snehalatha). 17: The Epidemiology of Diabetes in Pacific Island Populations (Stephen Colagiuri, Taniela Palu, Satupaitea Viali, Zafiml Hussain and Ruth Colagiuri). 18: Epidemiology of Type 2 Diabetes in North America (Linda S. Geiss, Jing Wang, Edward W. Gregg and Michael M. Engelgau). 19: Non-Caucasian North American Populations: Native Americans (Meda E. Pavkov, K. M. Venkat Narayan, Robert G. Nelson, Robert L. Hanson and William C. Knowler). 20: Epidemiology of Type 2 Diabetes in Hispanic North Americans (Judith Baxter and Richard F. Hamman). 21: Non-Caucasian North American Populations: African Americans (Mary A. Banerji and Harold Lebovitz). 22: Epidemiology of Diabetes in Asian North Americans (Marguerite J. McNeely and Wilfred Y. Fujimoto). 23: Epidemiology of Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents (Jonathan E. Shaw and Dana M. Dabelea). 24: Global Epidemiology of Type 1 Diabetes (Lars C. Stene, Jaakko Tuomilehto and Marian Rewers). 25: Epidemiology of Childhood Diabetes Mellitus in Non-Caucasian Populations (Rebecca B. Lipton). 26: Genetic Epidemiology of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (Kirsten O. Kyvik and Anders Green). 27: Recent Trends in Screening and Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes (Marian Rewers). 28: Non pharmacological Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes (Jaakko Tuomilehto). 29: Pharmacological Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes (Andr'e J. Scheen). 30: The Epidemiology of Eye Diseases in Diabetes (Tien Y. Wong and Ron Klein). 31: The Epidemiology of Diabetic Kidney Disease )Anne T. Reutens, Louise Prentice and Robert C. Atkins). 32: Epidemiology of Large-vessel Disease in Diabetes: Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke (Elizabeth Barrett-Connor). 33: The Epidemiology of Peripheral Vascular Disease (Nalini Singh, Stephanie Wheeler and Edward J. Boyko). 34: Epidemiology of Diabetic Neuropathy (Andrew J. M. Boulton). 35: Epidemiology of Acute Complications: Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar State and Hypoglycemia (Alberta B. Rewers). 36: Mortality and Life Expectancy Associated with Diabetes (Elizabeth L. M. Barr, Paul Z. Zimmet and Jonathan E. Shaw). 37: Economic Costs (Rhys Williams and Thomas J. Songer). 38: Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Global Perspective (Barbara Currie, Ehud Ur and Thomas Ransom). 39: Antipsychotic Therapies and Glucose Dysregulation in the Mental Illness Population (Gilbert L'Italien and John Newcomer). 40: Diabetes, Insulin Resistance and Glucose Metabolism in HIV Infection and its Treatment (Kathy Samaras and Don J. Chisholm). Index.
