Prevalence, awareness and control of type 2 diabetes mellitus and risk factors in Chinese elderly population

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Yaqiong Yan · Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Tingting Wu · Wuhan University

Miao Zhang · Wuhan University

Changfeng Li · Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Qing Liu · Wuhan University

Fang Li · Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Abstract

Diabetes is an important public health problem in the elderly in China. The awareness and control rates have improved, but overall remained poor. Therefore, effective measures to raise awareness and control the rates of diabetes should be undertaken to circumvent the growing disease burden in elderly Chinese people.

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Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Diabetes Management and Education Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors

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Published in: BMC Public Health

Volume 22, Issue 1, pp. 1382-1382

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-13759-9

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Prevalence, awareness and control of type 2 diabetes mellitus and risk factors in Chinese elderly population

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