The high prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Nauru, a Central Pacific island.

摘要: Publisher Summary This chapter presents a study of an island in the Central Pacific where considerable degree urbanization had taken place over relatively short period time. The population selected for included all individuals 15 years and older, residing two 12 districts island. subjects were not prepared test with formal high carbohydrate diet, been on unrestricted diets. Of 221 aged who tested, 54.3% normal glucose tolerance, 11.3% borderline diabetic, 34.4% diabetic. 56% 30 tested diabetes. A peak prevalence 78.6% was seen females 50 to 59 years, while that males 54.6% same age group. In females, fall oldest