letterDiabetes CareOct 1, 2004BRONZE OA

Global Prevalence of Diabetes: Estimates for the Year 2000 and Projections for 2030

WRWolfgang RathmannGGGuido Giani

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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Abstract

Global diabetes prevalence estimates for adults in 2000, which were derived from population-based data using oral glucose tolerance tests, were recently reported by Wild et al. (1). Because there are few OGTT-based data in the European region, estimates from a regional study carried out in the Netherlands were applied to 13 other countries, including Germany (2). For Germany, a prevalence of 4.1% was estimated, which corresponds to 2.6 …

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  • Diabetes mellitus
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  • Internal medicine
  • Epidemiology
  • Environmental health
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