Diversified Insulin-Associated Beta-Behavioral and Endogenously Triggered Exposed Symptoms (DIABETES) Model of Diabetes in India - Computational Intelligence Techniques for Comparative Genomics - page 10

T1D = Type1 Diabetes
T2D = Type2 Diabetes

Diabetes

45 - 64yrs 65+yrs

0-20 yrs 20 - 44yrs

Children Teen/young

Adults

Men Women Men Women

T2D

Obesity Gestational

Diabetes

T2D

Heart
Disease

T1D Sedentary

Lifestyle

Obesity

T1D Reproductive

Complications
[Pregnancy]

Impaired
sensation

Nerve
Diseases Vascular/

Neurological
abnormalities

T2D

Heart Disease

Fig. 1 Hierarchy of levels of diabetes

nation gets development not only in industrial setups but also in the diseased
population. The vast majority of this increase will occur in men and women aged
45 64 years living in developing countries. The prevalence of T2D increases with

age of population [ 3 ]. In developing countries, the largest number of people with
diabetes are in the age group 45

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64 years, while in developed countries, the largest
number is found in those aged 65 years and over. These differences largely re

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ected
differences in population age structure between developed and developing coun-
tries. Worldwide rates are similar in men and women, although they are slightly
higher in men < 60 years of age and in women > age 65 years.
Of great concern is the recent increase in T2D in children [ 25 ]. A report based on
the Pima Indians in Arizona noted that between 1967

fl

1976 and 1987 1996, the

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prevalence of T2D increased 6-fold in adolescents [ 26 ].
In Fig. 1 , it is shown how people at different age levels are affected by diabetes
of which people in the range of 45

- 64 years are affected mostly.

Fig. 2 Mortality rate of
diabetes

Diabetes
[World Wide]

MEN WOMEN

13.8 million
9.8%

12.6 million
9.2%