Diabetes Mellitus

Dedication. Acknowledgements. Foreword (P. Zimmet). 1. Introduction. 2. Definition of the diabetic state. 3. The clinical syndrome and the biochemical definition. 4. The diabetes mellitus syndrome: diagnostic criteria and diagnosis. 5. Classification of the diabetes mellitus syndrome and other categories of glucose intolerance. 6. Epidemiological ascertainment of the diabetes mellitus syndrome. 7. Geographical distribution of the diabetes mellitus syndrome and related general problems. 8. Epidemiology of diabetes mellitus in caucasian populations. 9. Epidemiology of diabetes in other North American populations. 10. Epidemiology of diabetes mellitus in developing countries and other non-western countries. 11. Epidemiology of diabetes in Oceania. 12. Epidemiology of diabetes in China. 13. Epidemiology of diabetes in Japan. 14. Malnutrition-related diabetes mellitus (MRDM). 15. Epidemiology of the long-term complications of the diabetes mellitus syndrome. 16. Diabetes mortality. 17. Life expectancy and diabetes mellitus. 18. Prognosis in diabetes mellitus. References.