Report of the Committee on the Classification and Diagnostic Criteria of Diabetes Mellitus

• Published in: Journal of diabetes investigation Vol. 1; no. 5; pp. 212 - 228
• Main Authors: Seino, Yutaka, Nanjo, Kishio, Tajima, Naoko, Kadowaki, Takashi, Kashiwagi, Atsunori, Araki, Eiichi, Ito, Chikako, Inagaki, Nobuya, Iwamoto, Yasuhiko, Kasuga, Masato, Hanafusa, Toshiaki, Haneda, Masakazu, Ueki, Kohjiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2010
• Subjects: Clinical diagnosis; Diabetes mellitus; HbA1c; Special Report; Clinical diagnosis; HbA1c; Diabetes mellitus

Concept of Diabetes Mellitus: Diabetes mellitus is a group of diseases associated with various metabolic disorders, the main feature of which is chronic hyperglycemia due to insufficient insulin action. Its pathogenesis involves both genetic and environmental factors. The long‐term persistence of me...