Incidence of type 2 diabetes in Mexico: Results of The Mexico City Diabetes Study after 18 years of follow-up

Objective. To estimate the incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Mexican population. Materials and methods. Population based prospective study. At baseline (1990), the population at risk (1939 non-diabetic adults 35-64 years) was evaluated with oral glucose tolerance test. Subsequent similar evaluations were done (1994, 1998, 2008). American Diabetes Association diagnostic criteria were applied. Results. The period of observation was 27842 person-years, the cumulative incidence of T2D was 14.4 and 13.7 per 1000 person-years for men and women, respectively. Incidence was 15.8, 15.7 and 12.7 per 1 000 person-years for the second (1994), third (1998) and fourth (2008) follow-up phases, respectively. The mean age at diagnosis was 44 years for prevalent cases and 56 years for incident cases. Conclusions. This is the first estimate of long-term incidence of T2D in Mexican population. The incidence is among the highest reported worldwide. It remained with few changes throughout the study period.

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Main Authors: González-Villalpando,Clicerio, Dávila-Cervantes,Claudio Alberto, Zamora-Macorra,Mireya, Trejo-Valdivia,Belem, González-Villalpando,María Elena
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 2014
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-36342014000100003
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