OBJECTIVE To estimate the global, regional, and national prevalence of prediabetes,
defined by impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) or impaired fasting glucose (IFG). RESEARCH …

Background Vitamin D deficiency causes the bone hypomineralization disorder
osteomalacia in humans and is associated with many non-skeletal disorders. We aim to …

Background Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide, and
affects people regardless of country, age group, or sex. Using the most recent evidentiary …

We assembled an ancestrally diverse collection of genome-wide association studies
(GWAS) of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in 180,834 affected individuals and 1,159,055 controls …

The current work analyzes the social history from the point of view of social aspects and
connects them to economic issues. The economic issues are many times behind the social …

The global burden of diet-attributable type 2 diabetes (T2D) is not well established. This risk
assessment model estimated T2D incidence among adults attributable to direct and body …

Aims This report from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Atlas Project updates and
expands upon the widely cited 2019 report in presenting cardiovascular disease (CVD) …

Insulin resistance is the pivotal pathogenic component of many metabolic diseases,
including type 2 diabetes mellitus, and is defined as a state of reduced responsiveness of …

Chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and cancer have been and continue
to be some of the major causes of worldwide morbidity and mortality. A transition between …

Pancreatic cancer is a leading cause of cancer death worldwide and its global burden has
more than doubled over the past 25 years. The highest incidence regions for pancreatic …