Diabetes in Asia
JAMAPublished 26 May 2009
Juliana C.N. Chan, Vasanti Malik, Weiping Jia, Takashi Kadowaki, Chittaranjan S. Yajnik, Kun‐Ho Yoon
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Type 2 diabetes is an increasing epidemic in Asia, characterized by rapid rates of increase over short periods and onset at a relatively young age and low body mass index; prevention and control of diabetes should be a top public health priority in Asian populations.
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Type 2 diabetes is an increasing epidemic in Asia, characterized by rapid rates of increase over short periods and onset at a relatively young age and low body mass index. Prevention and control of diabetes should be a top public health priority in Asian populations.
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142 Citations2008Ching‐Chu Chen, Tsai‐Chung Li +7 more
This community-based study supports the view that smoking is associated with metabolic syndrome and its individual components and smoking cessation is beneficial to metabolic Syndrome and itsindividual components.
Diabetes CareAbnormal Liver Function Test Predicts Type 2 Diabetes
138 Citations2007Nam H. Cho, Hak Chul Jang +5 more
This prospective community-based study evaluated the relationships between markers of liver function and the onset of type 2 diabetes after adjusting for potential risk factors including inflammatory markers.
Pediatric DiabetesType 2 diabetes in Asian Indian youth
130 Citations2007Viswanathan Mohan, Revale Jaydip +1 more
Screening of high‐risk groups may help in the early detection of youth‐onset type 2 diabetes and prevention of its complications, and primary prevention would require a multisectoral approach involving the government and non‐governmental agencies with a focus on healthier lifestyles among children.
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer InstituteDiabetes Mellitus and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in the Singapore Chinese Health Study
129 Citations2006Adeline Seow, Jian‐Min Yuan +3 more
The hypothesis that hyperinsulinemia may play a role in colorectal carcinogenesis, even in a relatively lean population, is supported, as well as a history of physician-diagnosed diabetes, which was statistically significant in both men and women.
Diabetic MedicineThe prevalence of diabetes, association with cardiovascular risk factors and implications of diagnostic criteria (ADA 1997 and WHO 1998) in a 1996 community‐based population study in Hong Kong Chinese
125 Citations2000Edward Janus, Nelson M.S. Wat +5 more
Journal of HepatologyMaternal hepatitis B infection and gestational diabetes mellitus
123 Citations2007Terence T. Lao, Ben Chan +3 more
The results confirmed the independent association between hepatitis B infection with gestational diabetes mellitus and certain ethnic groups could have contributed to the high prevalence of gestational and possibly type 2 diabetes in these populations.
PubMedDietary fats, fatty acids and insulin resistance: short review of a multifaceted connection.
121 Citations2005Marianne Haag, Nola Dippenaar
Greater understanding of the role played by dietary fat and plasma fatty acids in pathogenesis of insulin resistance, will allow for more timely prevention and improved treatment in the future.
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