Abdolah Hajivandi
1, Massood Amiri
2*1 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran
2 Social Health Determinants Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran
*Corresponding Author: *Corresponding author: Massood Amiri, Ph.D, Social Health Determinants Research Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran., Email:
masoud.amiri@yahoo.com
Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education:
November 14, world diabetes day is the best opportunity to discuss about different aspects of diabetes mellitus because the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus is increasing rapidly. In addition, diabetic nephropathy is a main cause of renal disease. In fact, many more people will be at risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus as well as the fact that about 470 million people globally will be pre-diabetics. Based on the definition of World Health Organization (WHO), people with pre-diabetes have fasting blood sugar (FBS) concentrations between 110 mg/dl and 126 mg/dl or between 101 mg/dl and 124 mg/dl, based on the definition of American Diabetes Association.
Please cite this paper as: Hajivandi A, Amiri M. World diabetes day: diabetes mellitus and nephrology. J Nephropharmacol 2013; 2(2): 31-32.