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Abbreviations used in Chapter 9.

BINDER BrazIliaN Type 1 & 2 DiabetEs Disease Registry
BMI Body Mass Index
CI Confidence Interval
CVD Cardiovascular Diseases
COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019
DALYs Disability-Adjusted Life Years
DATASUS Brazilian Unified Health System Database
ELSA-Brasil Longitudinal Study of Adult Health - Brazil
ERICA Brazilian Study of Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents (in Portuguese, Estudo dos Riscos Cardiovasculares em Adolescentes )
GBD Global Burden of Disease
HbA1c Glycosylated Hemoglobin
HR Hazard Ratio
IBGE Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (in Portuguese, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística )
ICD-10 International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10thRevision
IDF International Diabetes Federation
LDL Low-Density Lipoprotein
OR Odds Ratio
PNS National Health Survey (in Portuguese, Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde )
PR Prevalence Ratio
SIH Brazilian Hospital Information System (in Portuguese, Sistema de Informações Hospitalares )
SIVEP-Gripe Brazilian Information System on Epidemiological Surveillance for Influenza (in Portuguese, Sistema de Informação da Vigilância Epidemiológica da Gripe )
SUS Brazilian Unified Health System (in Portuguese, Sistema Único de Saúde )
UI Uncertainty Interval
VIGITEL Surveillance System of Risk and Protection Factors for Chronic Diseases by Telephone Survey (in Portuguese, Sistema de Vigilância de Fatores de Risco e Proteção para Doenças Crônicas por Inquérito Telefônico )