The prevalence of type 2 diabetes in adolescents and young adults is dramatically
increasing. Similar to older-onset type 2 diabetes, the major predisposing risk factors are …

There is an epidemic of diabetes in Asia. Type 2 diabetes develops in East Asian patients at
a lower mean body mass index (BMI) compared with those of European descent. At any …

Background The prevalence of diabetes is increasing in young adults in Asia, but little is
known about metabolic control or the burden of associated complications in this population …

Several factors, including genetics, family history, diet, physical activity, obesity, and insulin
resistance in puberty, appear to increase the risk of type 2 diabetes in youth. Youth-onset …

Background: Little is known about the complication burden in later years among early onset
type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Aim: To determine the magnitude of diabetes complications …

Background The aim of this study was to assess inadequate glycaemic control and its
associated factors among people with type 2 diabetes in Saudi Arabia. Methods A cross …

DiabCare Malaysia 2008 evaluated the current status of diabetes care in Malaysia as a
continuation of similar crosssectional studies conducted previously in 1997, 1998, 2001 and …

In the 2013 issue of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Diabetes Atlas, the
prevalence of diabetes in the Western Pacific (WP) Region was reported to be 8.6% in 2013 …

Background The economic burden of type 2 diabetes has not been adequately investigated
in many low-and lower middle-income countries, including Bangladesh. The aim of this …

Aims/hypothesis We postulated that the increased lifetime risk of chronic kidney disease
(CKD) in young-onset diabetes is attributable to both long disease duration and more …