Prevalence and Ethnic Pattern of Diabetes and Prediabetes in China in 2013.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Previous studies have shown increasing prevalence of diabetes in China, which now has the world's largest diabetes epidemic.

Objectives

To estimate the recent prevalence and to investigate the ethnic variation of diabetes and prediabetes in the Chinese adult population.

Design, setting, and participants

A nationally representative cross-sectional survey in 2013 in mainland China, which consisted of 170 287 participants.

Exposures

Fasting plasma glucose and hemoglobin A1c levels were measured for all participants. A 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test was conducted for all participants without diagnosed diabetes.

Main outcomes and measures

Primary outcomes were total diabetes and prediabetes defined according to the 2010 American Diabetes Associ

SUBMITTER: Wang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5815077 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature