Lifetime risk for diabetes mellitus in the United States

KMV Narayan, JP Boyle, TJ Thompson, SW Sorensen… - Jama, 2003 - jamanetwork.com
ContextAlthough diabetes mellitus is one of the most prevalent and costly chronic diseases
in the United States, no estimates have been published of individuals' average lifetime risk
of developing diabetes. ObjectiveTo estimate age-, sex-, and race/ethnicity-specific lifetime
risk of diabetes in the cohort born in 2000 in the United States. Design, Setting, and
ParticipantsData from the National Health Interview Survey (1984-2000) were used to
estimate age-, sex-, and race/ethnicity-specific prevalence and incidence in 2000. US …