摘要：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. Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (396K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References . 279 280 281 282
