Diabetes and Metabolism Journal

Korean Diabetes Association (대한당뇨병학회)
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Are We in the Same Risk of Diabetes Mellitus? Gender- and Age-Specific Epidemiology of Diabetes in 2001 to 2014 in the Korean Population

  • Koo, Bo Kyung (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine) ;
  • Moon, Min Kyong (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2016.04.11
  • Accepted : 2016.05.09
  • Published : 2016.06.17
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Abstract

In the early 2000s, the prevalence of diabetes in adults aged ${\geq}30$ years in Korea was about 9% to 10%, and it remained stable. However, a nationwide survey showed that this prevalence increased over the past few years. After age-standardization using the Korean population of the year 2010, the prevalence of diabetes in adults aged ${\geq}30$ years was 10.0% to 10.8% between 2001 and 2012, which increased to 12.5% in 2013 and 11.6% in 2014. During that period, there have been changes in the gender- and age-specific prevalence of diabetes in Korean adults. The prevalence of diabetes in the elderly population increased significantly, while this prevalence in young adults, especially in young women, did not change significantly. The contribution of each diabetic risk factor, such as obesity, ${\beta}$-cell dysfunction, sarcopenia, and socioeconomic status, in developing diabetes has also changed during that period in each gender and age group. For young women, obesity was the most important risk factor; by contrast, for elderly diabetic patients, sarcopenia was more important than obesity as a risk factor. Considering the economic burden of diabetes and its associated comorbidities, a public health policy targeting the major risk factors in each population might be more effective in preventing diabetes.

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