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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Endocrinol.
Sec. Clinical Diabetes
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1529362
This article is part of the Research Topic Prevention and Treatment Advancements in Diabetic Retinopathy View all articles
Vision Loss as a Rising Global Health Challenge: Comprehensive Analysis of High Fasting Plasma Glucose Burden and Projections to 2035
Provisionally accepted- 1 Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China
- 2 Shaanxi Rehabilitation Hospital, Xi'an, Shanxi, China
Background: Vision loss due to high fasting plasma glucose (HFG) represents a growing global health challenge. This study comprehensively examines temporal trends, regional disparities, and future projections of Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) attributed to HFG from 1990 to 2021. Methods: Using data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021 database, we analyzed DALYs across 204 countries, stratified by gender, age, and Sociodemographic Index (SDI). Temporal trends were evaluated using Joinpoint regression, and future burden was projected through ARIMA modeling for 2021-2035. Uncertainty intervals (UIs) were calculated to ensure robustness.
Keywords: High fasting plasma glucose, Vision Loss, Disability-adjusted life years, Global burden of disease, sociodemographic index
Received: 20 Nov 2024; Accepted: 11 Mar 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Zhang, Liu, Meng and Zhang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Xulong Zhang, Shaanxi Rehabilitation Hospital, Xi'an, Shanxi, China
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