老年糖尿病是指60岁以后发生或之前发病而延续到60岁以后的糖尿病,绝大多数为2型糖尿病。据调查,60岁以上老年人群2型糖尿病患病率为11.3%,糖耐量减低发生率为11.6%[1]。老年糖尿病发病率增高的原因,包括随年龄增长发生的糖代谢生理学改变、体力活动的减少和代谢综合征发病率的 Elderly diabetes refers to the onset of or after 60 years of age and continued until after the age of 60 diabetes, the vast majority of type 2 diabetes. According to the survey, the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in people over 60 years old is 11.3%, and the incidence of impaired glucose tolerance is 11.6% [1]. The causes of the increased incidence of diabetes mellitus in older adults include physiological changes in glucose metabolism that occur with age, decreased physical activity, and morbidity of metabolic syndrome