60岁以上发生的糖尿病及青年、中年起病而延续到老年的糖尿病统称为老年糖尿病。老年糖尿病者常有胰岛β细胞退化,肝糖原异生、分解和葡萄糖释放增加,伴有胰岛素分泌障碍,导致胰岛素分泌指数、胰岛素受体数及胰岛素结合率均明显降低。老年糖尿病临床特点:①一般较肥胖,症状轻微不典型,起病 Diabetes and young people over the age of 60, middle age and diabetes continued to the elderly collectively referred to as diabetes. Elderly diabetic patients often have islet β cell degeneration, hepatic gluconeogenesis, decomposition and increased glucose release, accompanied by insulin secretion disorders, resulting in insulin secretion index, the number of insulin receptors and insulin binding rates were significantly lower. Clinical features of elderly diabetes: ① generally more obese, mild symptoms are not typical, onset