In order to identify the main predictors for the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) in a population with high prevalence of DM – the Japanese-Brazilians -, we evaluated 314 individuals with Japanese ancestry from Bauru, SP, aged 40 years or more, without miscegenation, in 1993 and 2000. The parameters evaluated, obtained in 1993, were sex, age, body mass index (BMI), waist and hip circumferences, fasting and 2h after 75g of glucose load glycemia, insulinemia and proinsulinemia, HOMA (function […]