title: Epidemiology of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and its macrovascular complications. A basis for the development of cost-effective programs.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Section on Epidemiology and Genetics, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Warram
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kopczynski
authors.forename: H U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Janka
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Krolewski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005006:Ethnicity; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D044469:Racial Groups; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States