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由澳大利亚著名糖尿病学家Paul Zimmet及其同事在南太平洋岛国瑙鲁进行的糖尿病流行病学研究,将是一篇从事公共卫生专业人员、遗传学家和人类进化的研究者需要严肃对待的报告。瑙鲁岛老年人中糖尿病发病率在60％以上,这个令人震惊的数字很可能预示着在其他发展中国家会出现糖尿病发病率的锐增。瑙鲁的情况可能也表明自然选择作用正在转变人类的基因频率,同时为这种非感染性遗传疾病流行的矛盾现象提供了例证。
The epidemiological study on diabetes in Nauru, a South Pacific island, by renowned Australia diabetes physician Paul Zimmet and colleagues will be a report that serious public health professionals, geneticists and human evolution researchers need to take seriously. The prevalence of diabetes among older people in Nauru is more than 60%. This alarming figure is likely to herald a sharp increase in the incidence of diabetes in other developing countries. Nauru’s situation may also indicate that natural selection is transforming the genetic frequency of humans and at the same time providing an example of the paradox of the epidemic of this non-infectious genetic disease.