TY - JOUR
T1 - The global burden of diabetes and its complications
T2 - An emerging pandemic
AU - Van Dieren, Susan
AU - Beulens, Joline W.J.
AU - Van Der Schouw, Yvonne T.
AU - Grobbee, Diederick E.
AU - Neal, Bruce
PY - 2010/5/1
Y1 - 2010/5/1
N2 - The number of patients with type 2 diabetes is increasing rapidly in both developed and developing countries around the world. The emerging pandemic is driven by the combined effects of population ageing, rising levels of obesity and inactivity, and greater longevity among patients with diabetes that is attributable to improved management. The vascular complications of type 2 diabetes account for the majority of the social and economic burden among patients and society more broadly. This review summarizes the burden of type 2 diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, and their vascular complications. It is projected that by 2025 there will be 380 million people with type 2 diabetes and 418 million people with impaired glucose tolerance. Diabetes is a major global cause of premature mortality that is widely underestimated, because only a minority of persons with diabetes dies from a cause uniquely related to the condition. Approximately one half of patients with type 2 diabetes die prematurely of a cardiovascular cause and approximately 10% die of renal failure. Global excess mortality attributable to diabetes in adults was estimated to be 3.8 million deaths.
AB - The number of patients with type 2 diabetes is increasing rapidly in both developed and developing countries around the world. The emerging pandemic is driven by the combined effects of population ageing, rising levels of obesity and inactivity, and greater longevity among patients with diabetes that is attributable to improved management. The vascular complications of type 2 diabetes account for the majority of the social and economic burden among patients and society more broadly. This review summarizes the burden of type 2 diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, and their vascular complications. It is projected that by 2025 there will be 380 million people with type 2 diabetes and 418 million people with impaired glucose tolerance. Diabetes is a major global cause of premature mortality that is widely underestimated, because only a minority of persons with diabetes dies from a cause uniquely related to the condition. Approximately one half of patients with type 2 diabetes die prematurely of a cardiovascular cause and approximately 10% die of renal failure. Global excess mortality attributable to diabetes in adults was estimated to be 3.8 million deaths.
KW - Cardiovascular disease
KW - Diabetes mellitus type 2
KW - Diabetic nephropathy
KW - Economic costs
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Impaired fasting glucose
KW - Impaired glucose tolerance
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77952907032&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1097/01.hjr.0000368191.86614.5a
DO - https://doi.org/10.1097/01.hjr.0000368191.86614.5a
M3 - Review article
C2 - 20489418
SN - 1741-8267
VL - 17
SP - S3-S8
JO - European journal of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation
JF - European journal of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation
IS - SUPPL. 1
ER -