OBJECTIVE: To describe the extent of problem of diabetes in rural India based on review of
available literature and examine the secular trends over a period of 15 years ie from 1994 to …

Background Although diabetes is recognized as an emerging disease in African and Middle
East, few population-based surveys have been conducted in this region. We performed a …

The estimated population of the South and Central America (SACA) Region is 467.6 million
and 64% is in the age range of 20–79 years but the population pyramid and age distribution …

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), which was once thought to be rare in sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA), is now well established in this region. The SSA region is undergoing a rapid but …

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the prevalence rates of type 2 diabetes and to
determine potential associated risk factors of the disease in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Research …

Until recently, there was a paucity of data on the epidemiology of diabetes mellitus in Africa.
Over the past decade, information on the prevalence of type 2 diabetes has increased, albeit …

Type 2 diabetes has rapidly developed into a major public health problem in south Asia
(defined here as Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) in recent …

This article reviews and describes trends and differences in prevalence of type 2 diabetes
mellitus of Chinese populations in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan based on …

Diabetes is a major public health problem. There is now a wealth of data confirming the
marked increase in diabetes prevalence in nonwhite populations when they move rapidly …

Despite the use of a wide range of different methodologies and diagnostic criteria,
epidemiological studies have shown that Type 2 (non-insulindependent) diabetes has a …