Nephrol Dial Transplant (1999) 14: 2805-2807
© 1999 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association
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Type 2 diabetes and diabetic nephropathy in India—magnitude of the problem
Diabetes Research Centre and M. V. Hospital for Diabetes, Madras, India
Correspondence and offprint requests to: Dr Vijay Viswanathan, Diabetes Research Centre, No. 4, Main Road, Royapuram, Madras, 600 013, India.
Introduction
It has been predicted that world wide the prevalence of diabetes in adults would increase to 5.4% by the year 2025 from the prevalence rate of 4.0% in 1995. Consequently the number of adults with diabetes in the world would rise from 135 million in 1995 to 300 million in the year 2025 [1]. It is expected that much of this increase in prevalence rate will occur in developing countries. While a 42% increase is expected in developed countries, a 170% increase is expected in the developing countries. In the latter, most of the diabetic patients are
Type 2 diabetes in Asian-Indians: differences from the West
High prevalence of maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY)
Diabetic nephropathy among migrant Asian-Indians
Diabetic nephropathy among native Asian-Indians
Familial aggregation of diabetic nephropathy
Progression of renal disease: a 6-year follow-up study
Risk factors for proteinuria in type 2 diabetes
High risk of cardiovascular morbidity in proteinuric South Indian type 2 diabetic patients
Conclusion
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