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SUBMITTER: Salunkhe VA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6070408 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Salunkhe Vishal A VA Veluthakal Rajakrishnan R Kahn Steven E SE Thurmond Debbie C DC
Diabetologia 20180608 9
The World Health Organization estimates that diabetes prevalence has risen from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014, with type 2 diabetes accounting for more than 90% of these cases. Furthermore, the prevalence of prediabetes (impaired fasting glucose and/or impaired glucose tolerance) is more than 40% in some countries and is associated with a global rise in obesity. Therefore it is imperative that we develop new approaches to reduce the development of prediabetes and progression to type ...[more]