Type 2 diabetes mellitus in Peru: A literature review including studies at high-altitude settings.
High altitude
Macrovascular complications
Microvascular complications
Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Journal
Diabetes research and clinical practice
ISSN: 1872-8227
Titre abrégé: Diabetes Res Clin Pract
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 8508335
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2021
Dec 2021
Historique:
received:
22
07
2021
revised:
12
10
2021
accepted:
03
11
2021
pubmed:
12
11
2021
medline:
21
12
2021
entrez:
11
11
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We performed a comprehensive review of recent publications about type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Peru, including studies among people living at high altitude above the sea level. An increase in the prevalence of T2DM in Peru has been reported, the reasons are multifactorial and coinciding with the strong economic growth that our country has experienced over the last 20 years along with migration from the Andean regions to the coast and the adoption of a lifestyle that is a known to be a risk factor for obesity and insulin resistance. Scarce information is available in Peru about the prevalence of chronic complications of T2DM such as retinopathy, neuropathy, and nephropathy. There is a need for a health care plan based on early diagnosis of T2DM to reduce social and economic problems, as recommended by the WHO and the United Nations.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34762995
pii: S0168-8227(21)00491-5
doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2021.109132
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
109132Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.