Oli J M
Trop Geogr Med. 1978 Mar;30(1):57-62.
Forty three newly diagnosed non-obese Nigerian diabetic patients (20 males and 23 females), who required insulin for initial control, were left without dietary control and were followed up for a minimum period of one and half years in each case. Four patients (9.3%) are in true remissions up to the time of writing. Eight other patients (18.6%) went through varying periods of apparent remissions of between three months and 19 months. It seems that even non-obese Nigerian diabetics may remit despite a free diet and initial need for insulin. The reasons for diabetic remissions remain largely unexplained but may be related, in Nigeria, to the aetiological nature of diabetes mellitus in this part of the world.
43名新诊断的非肥胖尼日利亚糖尿病患者（20名男性和23名女性），最初需要胰岛素来控制病情，他们未进行饮食控制，并且每位患者至少随访了一年半。截至撰写本文时，有4名患者（9.3%）实现了真正的缓解。另外8名患者（18.6%）经历了3个月至19个月不等的明显缓解期。似乎即使是不肥胖的尼日利亚糖尿病患者，在不控制饮食且最初需要胰岛素治疗的情况下也可能实现病情缓解。糖尿病缓解的原因在很大程度上仍不清楚，但在尼日利亚，这可能与世界上该地区糖尿病的病因性质有关。
