Worthy of attention is the fact that although the prevalence of diabetes is high in Western countries (close to 10 %), if current trends continue the incidence among Asian peoples, due to physiological factors, will reach even higher levels. Moreover, the rate of increase in diabetes incidence is even faster than in Western countries.
值得注意的是，目前歐美國家糖尿病的盛行率雖然較高（近 10％），但亞洲民族由於體質因素，未來發生糖尿病的趨向卻更高，而且增加幅度較快，此即所謂的「節儉基因」作祟。