Prevalence and Control of Diabetes in Chinese Adults

• Published in: JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 310; no. 9; pp. 948 - 959
• Main Authors: Xu, Yu, Wang, Limin, He, Jiang, Bi, Yufang, Li, Mian, Wang, Tiange, Wang, Linhong, Jiang, Yong, Dai, Meng, Lu, Jieli, Xu, Min, Li, Yichong, Hu, Nan, Li, Jianhong, Mi, Shengquan, Chen, Chung-Shiuan, Li, Guangwei, Mu, Yiming, Zhao, Jiajun, Kong, Lingzhi, Chen, Jialun, Lai, Shenghan, Wang, Weiqing, Zhao, Wenhua, Ning, Guang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL American Medical Association 04.09.2013
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Asian people; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Glucose - analysis; China - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data Collection; Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus - blood; Diabetes Mellitus - diagnosis; Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology; Diabetes Mellitus - therapy; Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance; Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases); Endocrinopathies; Epidemiology; Etiopathogenesis. Screening. Investigations. Target tissue resistance; Female; General aspects; Glucose Tolerance Test; Glycated Hemoglobin A - analysis; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mortality; Prediabetic State - epidemiology; Prevalence; Public health; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Rural Population; Urban Population; Young Adult; Asia; China; China, People's Rep; Endocrinopathy; Human; Medicine; Asiatic; Prevalence; Surveillance; Diabetes mellitus; Check; Adult; Chinese; Epidemiology

IMPORTANCE Noncommunicable chronic diseases have become the leading causes of mortality and disease burden worldwide. OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence of diabetes and glycemic control in the Chinese adult population. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Using a complex, multistage, probability s...