A retrospective cohort study on the risk factors for noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) in Korea

Young-Sik Kim1, Sung Sunwoo1, Eun-Ju Sung1, Seong-Won Kim2
1Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, South Korea
2Medical College of Inje University, Seoul, South Korea

Tóm tắt

During the last decades, the prevalence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) increased worldwide and the disease has become one of the major public health problems in Korea. It affects about 7.2% of Korean adults over 30 years of age. Several Korean papers reported that natural history of diabetes in Korea seems to be quite different from that observed in western countries In this regard, we conducted a retrospective cohort study. to determine the risk of NIDDM among Korean adults.

Từ khóa

#Diabetes #Medical diagnostic imaging #History #Diseases #Sugar #Educational institutions #Hazards #Public healthcare #Conducting materials #Hypertension

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