The Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus: An International Perspective

Contents......Page 6
About the Editors......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
Foreword......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 16
1 Introduction......Page 18
PART I: DEFINITIONS AND EVIDENCE FOR PREVENTION......Page 22
2 The Clinical Syndrome and the Biochemical Definition......Page 24
3 Diabetes Mellitus: Diagnosis and Classification......Page 28
4A Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus......Page 48
4B Epidemiology, Evidence for Prevention: Type 2 Diabetes......Page 58
5 Methodology for Physical Activity Assessment......Page 68
PART II: CAUCASIAN POPULATIONS......Page 80
6 Ascertainment, Prevalence, Incidence and Temporal Trends......Page 82
7A Type 1 Diabetes: Global Epidemiology......Page 88
7B Type 1 Diabetes: Prediction Based on the Genetic-Epidemiological Facts in the 90s......Page 120
7C Type 1 Diabetes: Atypical Diabetes in Young People Across the World......Page 130
8A Type 2 Diabetes: Aetiology and Environmental Factors......Page 150
8B Type 2 Diabetes: Genetic Factors......Page 158
PART III:  NON-CAUCASIAN POPULATIONS......Page 172
9A Non-Caucasian North American Populations: African Americans......Page 174
9B Non-Caucasian North American Populations: Native Americans......Page 198
10 Mexico......Page 212
11 Latin America......Page 222
12 The Middle East......Page 234
13 Africa......Page 242
14 South East Asia......Page 250
15 Pacific Island Populations......Page 256
16 China......Page 264
17 Japan......Page 270
PART IV: ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS AND COMPLICATIONS......Page 278
18 Malnutrition-related Diabetes Mellitus: Myth or Reality?......Page 280
19 Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity......Page 290
20 Epidemiology of the Insulin Resistance Syndrome......Page 302
21A Long-term Complications: Diabetes and Coronary Heart Disease......Page 318
21B Long-term Complications: Diabetes, Stroke and Lower Extremity Arterial Disease......Page 336
21C Long-term Complications: Diabetic Neuropathy......Page 344
21D Long-term Complications: Diabetic Nephropathy......Page 354
21E Long-term Complications: Diabetic Retinopathy......Page 366
22 Diabetes Mortality......Page 386
PART V: IMPLICATIONS......Page 398
23 Economic Costs......Page 400
24 Diabetes Field Surveys: Theory and Practical Aspects......Page 416
25 The United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study: An Epidemiological Perspective......Page 442
C......Page 448
D......Page 449
G......Page 450
L......Page 451
O......Page 452
S......Page 453
Z......Page 454