The burden of diabetes and hyperglycemia in Brazil-past and present: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015.
Bruce Bartholow DuncanMaria Inês Schmidtnull Ewerton CousinMaziar Moradi-LakehValéria Maria de Azeredo PassosElisabeth Barboza FrançaFátima MarinhoAli H MokdadPublished in: Diabetology & metabolic syndrome (2017)
Our study demonstrates that diabetes, CKD due to diabetes, and hyperglycemia produce a large and increasing burden in Brazil. These findings call for renewed efforts to control the joint epidemics of obesity and diabetes, and to develop strategies to deal with the ever-increasing burden resulting from these diseases.