Epidemiology and Screening of Diabetes

Mario Morsiani, M.D., Ph.D., is Chief of the Department for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases of St. Anne’s Hospital (National Health Service, Local Unit n.31, Ferrara, Northern Italy).

1. Diabetes Mellitus and its Clinical Epidemiological Patterns Through the Years 2. Definition and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus 3. Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus and Impaired Glucose Tolerance 4. Screening for Diabetes Mellitus 5. Screening for Gestational Diabetes: An Update 6. Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus 7. Epidemiology of Complications in Diabetes Mellitus 8. Primary and Secondary Prevention in Diabetes Mellitus 9. The Pathway for Preventing Major Diabetic Complications 10. Diabetes Mellitus in the Elderly