Abstract:INTRODUCTIONDiabetes mellitus is a heterogeneous metabolic disorder characterized by the common feature of chronic hyperglycaemia with disturbance of carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism. 1 The increasing prevalence of diabetes over the world has become an important public health problem. As population is increasing, getting older, more obese and sedentary, the number of individuals with diabetes is also steeply rising.As of 2010, there were approximately 285 million people diagnosed with diabetes mellitus… Show more
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