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. 2013:2013:753150.
doi: 10.1155/2013/753150. Epub 2013 Oct 28.

Trends in prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of diabetes mellitus in mainland china from 1979 to 2012

Min-Zhi Li  1 , Li Su, Bao-Yun Liang, Jin-Jing Tan, Qing Chen, Jian-Xiong Long, Juan-Juan Xie, Guang-Liang Wu, Yan Yan, Xiao-Jing Guo, Lian Gu
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Trends in prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of diabetes mellitus in mainland china from 1979 to 2012

Min-Zhi Li et al. Int J Endocrinol. 2013.

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the primary causes of premature death and disability worldwide. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of the published literature regarding the trends in prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of diabetes mellitus in mainland China. PUBMED, EMBASE, Chinese Biomedical Database, China National Infrastructure database, Chinese Wan Fang database, and Chongqing VIP database were searched. Fifty-six eligible studies were included. Increasing trends in the prevalence, treatment, and control of diabetes in mainland China from 1979 to 2012 were observed. The pooled prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of diabetes mellitus were 6.41%, 45.81%, 42.54%, and 20.87%, respectively. A higher prevalence of diabetes mellitus was found in urban (7.48%, 95%CI = 5.45~9.50) than rural (6.53%, 95%CI = 4.30~8.76) areas. Furthermore, an increasing chronological tendency was shown in different subgroups of age with regard to the prevalence of diabetes. A higher awareness of DM was found in urban (44.25%, 95%CI = 32.60~55.90) than rural (34.27%, 95%CI = 21.00~47.54) populations, and no significant differences were found in the treatment, and control of diabetes among the subgroups stratified by gender and location. From 1979 to 2012, the prevalence, treatment, and control of diabetes mellitus increased; nevertheless, there was no obvious improvement in the awareness of diabetes.

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Trends in prevalence of diabetes and subgroup analysis by gender, location, and age.
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