EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NON-INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS AND ITS MACROVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS
- Resource Type
- Authors
- James H. Warram; Kopczyński J; Andrzej S. Krolewski; H U Janka
- Source
- Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America. 26:165-188
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
Disease
medicine.disease
Surgery
Endocrinology
Insulin resistance
Diabetes mellitus
Epidemiology
medicine
Risk factor
Intensive care medicine
Complication
business
Developed country
- Language
- ISSN
- 0889-8529
Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is a major health problem in developed countries. The descriptive epidemiology of this disease and its cardiovascular complications are reviewed, and insulin resistance is identified as a common risk factor for both of them. The requirements for cost-effective programs to modify insulin resistance to prevent this disorder and its cardiovascular complications are discussed.