Global Prevalence of Diabetes: Estimates for the Year 2000 and Projections for 2030
Response to Wild et al.
- Wolfgang Rathmann, MD, MSPH and
- Guido Giani, PHD
- From the Department of Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Research Institute, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Address correspondence to Dr. Wolfgang Rathmann, MD, MSPH, German Diabetes Research Institute, Auf’m Hennekamp 65, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany. E-mail: rathmann{at}ddfi.uni-duesseldorf.de
Response to Wild et al.
Global diabetes prevalence estimates for adults in 2000, which were derived from population-based data using oral glucose tolerance tests, were recently reported by Wild et al. (1). Because there are few OGTT-based data in the European region, estimates from a regional study carried out in the Netherlands were applied to 13 other countries, including Germany (2). For Germany, a prevalence of 4.1% was estimated, which corresponds to 2.6 …
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Global Prevalence of Diabetes: Estimates for the Year 2000 and Projections for 2030
