Zimmet P, Taft P, Guinea A, Guthrie W, Thoma K
Diabetologia. 1977 Apr;13(2):111-5. doi: 10.1007/BF00745137.
A diabetes prevalence study on an isolated urbanized Central Pacific Island has established a prevalence rate of 34.4% in individuals aged 15 years and over. Of these, 10.4% had previously known diabetes; in the others the diagnosis was made on the basis of a plasma glucose level of at least 160 mg/100 ml 2h after a 75 gm oral glucose load. A further 11.3% of the subjects had borderline diabetes as judged by a 2-h plasma glucose of between 140 and 159 mg/100 ml. Of the diabetics, 72% had a positive family history of diabetes. The high prevalence rate appears to be related to a number of factors including a diabetic genotype, urbanization, and obesity.
一项针对中太平洋一个与世隔绝的城市化岛屿开展的糖尿病患病率研究表明，15岁及以上人群的患病率为34.4%。其中，10.4%的人之前已确诊患有糖尿病；其他人则是根据口服75克葡萄糖后2小时血浆葡萄糖水平至少为160毫克/100毫升来诊断的。另有11.3%的受试者根据2小时血浆葡萄糖水平在140至159毫克/100毫升之间被判定为糖尿病临界状态。在糖尿病患者中，72%有糖尿病家族史。高患病率似乎与多种因素有关，包括糖尿病基因型、城市化和肥胖。
