Incidence of type 2 diabetes in Mexico. Results of The Mexico City Diabetes Study after 18 years of follow-up

• DOI: 10.21149/spm.v56i1.7318
• Publication Date: 2017-01-04T23:05:17Z
• Authors: Clicerio González...; Claudio Alberto D...; Mireya Zamora-Mac...; Belem Trejo-Valdivia; María Elena Gonzá...
• Keywords: Cumulative incidence

Objective. To estimate the incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Mexican population. Materials and methods. Population based prospective study. At baseline (1990), population at risk (1939 non-diabetic adults 35-64 years) was evaluated with oral glucose tolerance test. Subsequent similar evaluations were done (1994, 1998, 2008). American Diabetes Association diagnostic criteria applied. Re­sults. The period observation 27842 person-years, cumulative T2D 14.4 13.7 per 1000 person-years for men women, respectively. Incidence 15.8, 15.7 12.7 1 000 second (1994), third (1998) fourth (2008) follow-up phases, mean age diagnosis 44 years prevalent cases 56 incident cases. Conclu­sions. This is first long-term among highest reported worldwide. It remained few changes throughout study period.