Acronyms: Diabetes in Canada: Facts and figures from a public health perspective

List of acronyms

ACHORD

Alliance for Canadian Health Outcomes Research in Diabetes

ADI

Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative

APS

Aboriginal Peoples Survey

BMI

Body mass index

CAD

Canadian dollar

CCDSS

Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System

CCHS

Canadian Community Health Survey

CDS

Canadian Diabetes Strategy

CGM

Continuous glucose monitoring

CHMS

Canadian Health Measures Survey

CI

Confidence interval

CNIB

Canadian National Institute for the Blind (now called CNIB)

COPD

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

CSII

Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion

CTUMS

Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey

DKA

Diabetic ketoacidosis

EBIC

Economic Burden of Illness in Canada

FPG

Fasting plasma glucose

HALE

Health-adjusted life expectancy

HbA1c

Glycated haemoglobin

HDL

High-density lipoprotein

HHNS

Hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic syndrome

HRQOL

Health-related quality of life

IDDM

Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

IFG

Impaired fasting glucose

IGT

Impaired glucose tolerance

LE

Life expectancy

MDI

Multiple daily injections

NGO

Non-government organizations

OGTT

Oral glucose tolerance test

OR

Odds ratio

RHS

First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey

WHO

World Health Organization