我国20岁以上的成年人中标化的总糖尿病患病率为9.7%,另有15.5%的人可诊断为“糖尿病前期”,据此推算我国现有9240万成年糖尿病患者、1.428亿成年人处于糖尿病前期[1]。糖尿病患者中90%以上为2型糖尿病(T2DM)现就与胰岛β细胞功能的关系做如下综述。1 2型糖尿病与胰岛β细胞功 The prevalence of total diabetes mellitus in China is 9.7% and the other 15.5% of the adults can be diagnosed as “pre-diabetes.” Based on this, there are 92.4 million adult diabetics in our country and 142.8 million adults are at Pre-diabetes [1]. More than 90% of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) now have a relationship with pancreatic beta-cell function as outlined below. 1 type 2 diabetes and pancreatic β cell function