2013年の中国における糖尿病と前糖尿病の流行と民族的パターン
Limin Wang1, Pei Gao2, Mei Zhang1
1National Center for Chronic and Non-communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
JAMA
|June 28, 2017
まとめ
中国では大規模な糖尿病の流行に直面しており,成人の10.9%が糖尿病で35.7%が前糖尿病である. チベット人とイスラム教徒の中国人は漢人よりも糖尿病の頻度が低い.
科学分野:
- 内分泌学
- 公衆衛生
- 流行病学について
背景:
- 中国には世界最大の 糖尿病の流行が起きており 蔓延が拡大しています
- 現在の流行と民族的差異を理解することは公衆衛生戦略にとって極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- 中国の成人の糖尿病と前糖尿病の流行を推定する.
- 異なる中国民族の糖尿病と糖尿病前症候群の民族的多様性を調査する.
主な方法:
- 2013年に中国本土で170,287人の成人を対象にした全国的に代表的な横断調査.
- 診断には,断食時の血糖,ヘモグロビンA1c,および口服によるグルコース耐性検査が用いられました.
- 漢族と少数民族 (チベット人,ズワング人,マンチュア人,ウイグル人,ムスリム) の間で糖尿病と糖尿病前の流行の比較.
主要な成果:
- 標準化された全糖尿病の罹患率は10. 9%,前糖尿病は35. 7%であった.
- 糖尿病患者の36. 5%だけが自分の状態を知っており,32. 2%が治療を受けていました.
- チベットとイスラム教徒の中国人は,漢族と比較して,糖尿病と糖尿病前症候群の原始および調整された罹患率が著しく低い.
結論:
- この研究は,中国における糖尿病と糖尿病前症候群の高い流行を強調し,認知度と治療の改善の必要性を強調しています.
- 糖尿病と糖尿病前症の有意な民族的差異が観察され,チベット人とイスラム教徒の割合は低い.
- 発見は,中国における糖尿病管理における民族的差異を考慮して,適応された公衆衛生介入の重要性を強調しています.
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