Zimmet P, Taylor R, Whitehouse S
Bull World Health Organ. 1982;60(2):279-82.
This report gives the prevalence rates of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and diabetes mellitus (DM) for several Micronesian, Polynesian, and Melanesian populations in the Pacific region according to the new WHO criteria.The Micronesian population of Nauru show the highest prevalence rates of both IGT (22.7%) and DM (30.3%) - 53% of the adult population thus demonstrating abnormal glucose tolerance. The lowest prevalence rates of both IGT (4.5%) and DM (1.5%) were seen in the rural Melanesian population of the main island of New Caledonia.
本报告根据世界卫生组织的新标准,给出了太平洋地区几个密克罗尼西亚、波利尼西亚和美拉尼西亚人群的糖耐量受损(IGT)和糖尿病(DM)患病率。瑙鲁的密克罗尼西亚人群IGT患病率(22.7%)和DM患病率(30.3%)均为最高,53%的成年人口糖耐量异常。新喀里多尼亚主岛农村美拉尼西亚人群的IGT患病率(4.5%)和DM患病率(1.5%)均为最低。