The Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus

About the Editors. Contributors. Foreword (G. Alberti). Acknowledgements. Introduction (J-M Eko? et al) PART I: DEFINITIONS AND EVIDENCE FOR PREVENTION The Clinical Syndrome and the Biochemical Definition (J-M Eko? and P. Zimmet) Diabetes Mellitus: Diagnosis and Classification (J-M Eko? and P Zimmet) Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (J.S. Skyler et al) Epdiemiology, Evidence for Prevention: Type 2 Diabetes (P Zimmet et al) Methodology for Physical Activity Assessment (E.W. Gregg and A.M. Kriska) PART II: CAUCASIAN POPULATIONS Ascertainment, Prevalence, Incidence and Temporal Trends (R. Williams) Type 1 Diabetes: Global Epidemiology (M. Karvonen et al) Type 1 Diabetes: Prediction Based on the Genetic-Epidemiological Facts in the 90s (A. Green and K.O. Kyvik) Type 1 Diabetes: Atypcial Diabetes in Young People Across The World (R.B. Lipton) Type 2 Diabetes: Aetiology and Environmental Factors (J. Mann and M. Toeller) Type 2 Diabetes: Genetic Factors (G. Velho and P. Froguel) PART III: NON-CAUCASIAN POPULATIONS Non-Caucasian North American Populations: African Americans (M.A. Banerji and H. Lebovitz) Non-Caucasian North American Populations: Native Americans (K.M. Venkat Narayan et al) Mexico (I. Lerman-Garber et al) Latin America (L.J. Franco and S.R.G. Ferreira) The Middle East (H. King et al) Africa (A-A. Motala et al) South East Asia (A. Ramachandran et al) Pacific Island Populations (D.J. McCarty and P. Zimmet) China (P.H. Bennett et al) Japan (N. Tajima et al) PART IV: ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS AND COMPLICATIONS Malnutrition-related Diabetes Mellitus: Myth or Reality? (J-M. Eko? and J. Shipp) Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity (A.M. Hodge et al) Epidemiology of the Insulin Resistance Syndrome (B. Balkau and E. Eschw?ge) Long-term Complications: Diabetes and Coronary Heart Disease (E. Barrett-Connor and K. Py?r?l? ) Long-term Complications: Diabetes, Stroke and Lower Extremity Arterial Disease (E. Barrett-Connor and K. Py?r?l? ) Long-term Complications: Diabetic Neuropathy (A.J.M. Boulton) Long-term Complications: Diabetic Nephropathy (K. Borch-Johnsen) Long-term Complications: Diabetic Retinopathy (C.A. McCarty et al) Diabetes Mortality (T.A. Welborn) PART V: IMPLICATIONS Economic Costs (T.J. Songer) Diabetes Field Surveys: Theory and Practical Aspects (G.K. Dowse) The United KIngdom Prospective Diabetes Study: An Epidemiological Perspective (P. Zimmet et al) Index