Type 2 diabetes is one of the major chronic diseases accounting for a substantial proportion of disease burden in Western countries. Its prevalence has been increasing over decades and is estimated to affect 642 million of people worldwide by 2040.¹ This is due to the pandemic of overweight in our society, ageing of the population and improved diabetes management and treatment. In the year 1989, the Hoorn Study was initiated to study the prevalence and risk factors of impaired glucose metabolism and type 2 diabetes in a Western European population.² This initially cross-sectional study has been extended to a prospective cohort over the past decades, to study the complications associated with disturbances in glucose metabolism and diabetes care.

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同类研究：The Hoorn Studies

2型糖尿病是主要的慢性疾病之一，在西方国家占很大比例的疾病负担。它的流行率已经增长了几十年，估计到2040年将影响全球6.42亿人^。1这是由于我们社会超重的大流行，人口老龄化以及改善的糖尿病管理和治疗所致。1989年，开始进行“ Hoorn研究”，以研究西欧人群葡萄糖代谢受损和2型糖尿病的患病率和危险因素。²最初的横断面研究在过去的几十年中已扩展到预期的队列，以研究与糖代谢和糖尿病护理障碍相关的并发症。