Regional differences of undiagnosed type 2 diabetes and prediabetes prevalence are not explained by known risk factors.

We have previously found regional differences in the prevalence of known type 2 diabetes between northeastern and southern Germany. We aim to also provide prevalence estimates for prediabetes (isolated impaired fasting glucose (i-IFG), isolated glucose intolerance (i-IGT), combined IFG and IGT) and...

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Main Authors: Teresa Tamayo, Sabine Schipf, Christine Meisinger, Michaela Schunk, Werner Maier, Christian Herder, Michael Roden, Matthias Nauck, Annette Peters, Henry Völzke, Wolfgang Rathmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4234669?pdf=render