TY - JOUR AU - Dieplinger, Benjamin AU - Mueller, Thomas PY - 2018 TI - Afamin an emerging marker for type 2 diabetes mellitus JF - Journal of Laboratory and Precision Medicine; Vol 3 (January 2018): Journal of Laboratory and Precision Medicine Y2 - 2018 KW - N2 - The number of people worldwide with diabetes mellitus has quadrupled in the past 30 years. Diabetes mellitus is present in 1 of 11 adults, of whom 90% have type 2 diabetes mellitus (1). Moreover, one third to one half of patients with diabetes mellitus remain undiagnosed (2). Further, diabetes mellitus is among the top ten causes of death (1). Therefore, an in-depth understanding of the pathogenesis is of major importance. Since diabetes mellitus represents an essentially curable disease (via life style changes and pharmacological intervention), the identiļ¬cation of early risk predictors is a major research goal. UR - https://jlpm.amegroups.org/article/view/3980