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Type 2 diabetes,
the metabolic syndrome and
cardiovascular disease in Europe
Diabetes
Kidneys
Pancreas
Stomach
Necrobiosis lipidoica
Sensory impairment
(peripheral neuropathy)
Gangrene Ulceration
Physical
inactivity
Urbanisation
Ethnicity
Impaired
glucose
Dyslipidaemia
regulation
Hypertension
Obesity
Insulin
Obesity
resistance
45
Men
40
35 Women
Prevalence (%)
30
(N=8814)
25
20
15
10
5
0
20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 >70
Age
Men Women
Greece 24.5%
Sedentary lifestyle/
physical inactivity
Family
history
Ethnicity
Age
Stopping smoking
Cancer
Gall-
Respiratory
bladder
disease
disease
Hyper-
tension Obesity Kidney
failure
Type 2 Stroke
diabetes
Athero- Heart
sclerosis failure
Women
54.0
70 Men
40.3 42.1
40 15.8
27.6
21.3
11.6
10 8.1
6.7
5.0 4.4
4.3
5 2.9
2.2
1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5
0
<22 <23 23- 24- 25- 27- 29- 31- 33- 35+
23.9 24.9 26.9 28.9 30.9 32.9 34.9
Fasting VLDL
Non-HDL cholesterol
Apolipoprotein B
HDL cholesterol
Brain and
cerebral
circulation -
cerebrovascular Heart and
disease coronary
circulation -
coronary heart
disease
Lower limbs -
peripheral
vascular disease
50
40
Incidence (%)
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
People without People with diabetes
diabetes
No prior heart attack
Prior heart attack
• Advancing age
• Diabetes and other high blood glucose conditions
• Dyslipidaemia
• Genetic background
• High alcohol consumption
• Hypertension
• Insulin resistance
• Left ventricular hypertrophy
• Male gender
• Menopause
• Obesity
• Sedentary lifestyle
• Smoking
Bold text: modifiable risk factor
Lower triglycerides
Hypertension (<150 mg/dl pressure
Lower blood or 1.7 mmol/l*)
(<135/85 mm Hg)
< 2%
2% - 5%
5% - 8%
8% - 11%
11% - 14%
14% - 17%
17% - 20% Diabetes Atlas second edition, IDF 2003
>20
< 2%
2% - 5%
5% - 8%
8% - 11%
11% - 14%
14% - 17%
17% - 20%
>20 Diabetes Atlas second edition, IDF 2003
10
2003 2025
7.5
Prevalence (%)
2.5
0
AFR EMME EUR NA SACA SEA WP
30
25
Prevalence (%)
20
15
10
0
Americas Europe Near/MiddleAsia and Sub- Worldwide
East Pacific Saharan
Overweight Africa
Obese
Yugoslavia
Greece
Romania
Czech Rep.
England
Finland
Germany
Scotland
Slovakia
Portugal
Spain
Denmark
Belgium
Sweden
France
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Hungary
Switzerland
30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40
% BMI ≥ 30
20
10
-10
-20
-30
-40
140,00
0 R=2
120,000 R=3
(in million international
100,000
dollars)
80,000
60,00
0
40,00
0
20,000
0
AFR EMME EUR NA SACA SEA WP
UK Sweden
2.6 billion Euros 0.7 billion Euros
Belgium Netherlands
1.1 billion Euros 0.4 billion Euros
France Germany
4.0 billion Euros 12.4 billion Euros
Spain Italy
2.0 billion Euros 5.8 billion Euros
2,50
0
US$
2,000
1,500
1,00
0
500
Netherlands
Italy
Germany
Spain
UK
Sweden
France
Belgium
Eye Problems
Foot Problems
Kidney Problems
– Education
– Pressure-relieving interventions
– Multidisciplinary clinics
Reduction of
Strategy Complication Complication
Lipid control • Coronary heart disease mortality ↓36%¹
• Major coronary heart disease ↓55%¹
event
• Any atherosclerotic event ↓37%¹
• Cerebrovascular disease event ↓62%¹
Blood Pressure • Cardiovascular disease ↓51%²
Control • Heart failure ↓56%³
• Stroke ↓44%³
• Diabetes-related deaths ↓32%³
Blood Glucose • Heart Attack ↓37%³
Control
1
The 4S Study
2
Hypertension Optimal Treatment (HOT) Randomised Trial
3
UKPDS