Type 2 diabetes in Brazil: epidemiology and management

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the most important epidemic diseases in the world this century, and accounts for 90% of cases of diabetes globally. Brazil is one of the most important examples of the alarming picture of T2DM in emergent societies, being the country with the fourth largest...

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Autores principales: de Almeida-Pititto, Bianca, Dias, Monike Lourenço, de Moraes, Ana Carolina Franco, Ferreira, Sandra RG, Franco, Denise Reis, Eliaschewitz, Freddy Goldberg
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4298341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25609989
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S72542
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description Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the most important epidemic diseases in the world this century, and accounts for 90% of cases of diabetes globally. Brazil is one of the most important examples of the alarming picture of T2DM in emergent societies, being the country with the fourth largest number of people with diabetes. The aim of this paper is to review the literature on diabetes in Brazil, specifically looking at the epidemiology and management of T2DM. A literature search was conducted using PubMed and LILACS to identify articles containing information on diabetes in Brazil. Official documents from the Brazilian government, World Health Organization, and International Diabetes Federation were also reviewed.
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spelling pubmed-42983412015-01-21 Type 2 diabetes in Brazil: epidemiology and management de Almeida-Pititto, Bianca Dias, Monike Lourenço de Moraes, Ana Carolina Franco Ferreira, Sandra RG Franco, Denise Reis Eliaschewitz, Freddy Goldberg Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes Review Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is one of the most important epidemic diseases in the world this century, and accounts for 90% of cases of diabetes globally. Brazil is one of the most important examples of the alarming picture of T2DM in emergent societies, being the country with the fourth largest number of people with diabetes. The aim of this paper is to review the literature on diabetes in Brazil, specifically looking at the epidemiology and management of T2DM. A literature search was conducted using PubMed and LILACS to identify articles containing information on diabetes in Brazil. Official documents from the Brazilian government, World Health Organization, and International Diabetes Federation were also reviewed. Dove Medical Press 2015-01-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4298341/ /pubmed/25609989 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S72542 Text en © 2015 Almeida-Pititto et al. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Limited, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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