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Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 (T2DM) – Prevalence Differentials in the US and in Europe: Reality or Measurement Error?
Werdecker, A.; Mueller, U. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2013 · Heft 8/09 · S. 1 bis 1
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Introduction: Cancer, Metabolic Syndrome, Dementias are the dominant health problems in aging societies, T2DM advancing all three. There are considerable regional differences in T2DM prevalence which may be real or not. Today most new cases in North America and in Europe are found in screening tests in high risk individuals which still do not present clinical symptoms of T2DM, a substantial proportion of the true prevalence of T2DM has to be estimated. There is a wide range of approaches for estimating undiagnosed T2DM, none of them established so far. The OECD multiplied observed prevalence for the UK by a fact…
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Gesundheit
Pflege
Adipositas
Germany
Diabetes Mellitus
Obesity
Aging
America
Type 2
Typ 2
Das Gesundheitswesen
