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11580966

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-2
pubmed:abstractText
In the face of the growing worldwide prevalence of type 2 diabetes, effective methods of preventing further increases in prevalence are needed. In this paper, we review the community-based epidemiologic studies of diabetes in Taiwan published during the last decade, and look at the effectiveness of a two-stage screening protocol for identifying subjects at risk for progression to type 2 diabetes. The results of these studies indicate that the age-adjusted prevalence rate of undiagnosed diabetes in Taiwan is stable, at around 4.0%, while the annual incidence rate is about 1.8%. The results of several studies strongly suggest that a two-step screening strategy, in which only subjects with a fasting plasma glucose level of 5.6-7.8 mmol/l receive the oral glucose tolerance test, may be an effective means of identifying diabetics and persons at high risk for progression to type 2 diabetes and, ultimately, slowing the increase in the prevalence of this disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0168-8227
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
54 Suppl 1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S29-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Epidemiology of type 2 diabetes in Taiwan.
pubmed:affiliation
Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Shih-Pai, Taipei 112, Taiwan, ROC. pschou@ym.edu.tw
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review