Diabetes mellitus publication patterns, 1984–2005

Abstract

An established disorder recognized for over 2 millennia [1], diabetes mellitus most commonly occurs as type 1 diabetes, in which the body does not produce insulin, or type 2 diabetes, in which the body cannot properly utilize the insulin it produces [2]. In 2005, 15.8 million people in the United States had been diagnosed with diabetes, a sharp increase from 5.9 million in 1984 [3]. These changes in the number of people with diabetes are due in part to the growing numbers of people with type 2 diabetes. To assess how such changes in the prevalence of diabetes might be affecting literature published on the subject, this study examined patterns of publication of diabetes literature indexed in MEDLINE between 1984–2005, contrasted with disease statistics.

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