Wenzhen Deng

Oct 7, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Wenzhen Deng |Li Zhao |Cheng Chen |Ziyu Ren

1 BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the leading chronic noncommunicable diseases, with its prevalence and mortality rates steadily increasing in recent years.1 This rise poses a significant economic and health burden on individuals and societal development.1 According to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Diabetes Atlas released in 2021, approximately 537 million people aged 20–79 years worldwide have diabetes, a figure projected to rise to 783 million by 2045.2 The...