ArticleDiabetologia2004
The epidemiology of Type 1 diabetes mellitus is not the same in young adults as in children.
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- Global epidemiology of type 1 diabetes in young adults and adults: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2015Pooled it
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- Obesity in late adolescence and incident type 1 diabetes in young adulthood.Diabetologia · 2022Article
- EarLy Surveillance for Autoimmune diabetes: protocol for a qualitative study of general population and stakeholder perspectives on screening for type 1 diabetes in the UK (ELSA 1).BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2022Article
- Incidence of Type 1 Diabetes May Be Underestimated in the Chinese Population: Evidence From 21.7 Million People Between 2007 and 2017.Diabetes care · 2021Article
- Incidence and Prevalence of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus among Korean Children and Adolescents between 2007 and 2017: An Epidemiologic Study Based on a National Database.Diabetes & metabolism journal · 2020Article
- Type 1 diabetes in Africa: an immunogenetic study in the Amhara of North-West Ethiopia.Diabetologia · 2020Article
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- High Proportion of Adult Cases and Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Population in Korea: A Nationwide Study.Diabetes & metabolism journal · 2019Article
- Patient and disease characteristics of adult patients with type 1 diabetes in Germany: an analysis of the DPV and DIVE databases.Therapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism · 2019Article
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Abstract
aims/hypothesisThis prospective study examined the epidemiology of Type 1 diabetes in young adults in Europe.
methodsWe ascertained incident cases of Type 1 diabetes in the 15 to 29 years (both inclusive) age group throughout Europe over a period of 2 years. Diabetes registries in nine countries, in which incidence rates for Type 1 diabetes in the 0 to 14 age group were available, took part. Incidence rates were estimated per 100000 person years and standardised for sex and age. Cumulative incidences per 1000 from birth to age 30 were estimated. Heterogeneity between centres was tested with a Poisson regression model.
resultsA total of 2112 diabetes cases were ascertained in 1996 and 1997, of which 61.4% were considered to be Type 1 diabetes. Completeness of ascertainment varied from 70 to 90%. Standardised incidence varied from 4.8 per 100000 person years to 13.4 per 100000 person years. The male-female ratio was estimated to be one or more, and in the 25 to 29 age group 1.5 or more in all countries. Cumulative incidences for males and females indicate that the former exceeds the latter from age 24. In the two centres with highest childhood incidence, this applied already from 14 years of age. CONCLUSIONS/
interpretationThe incidence of Type 1 diabetes in adults is lower than in children and the range of incidence is also reduced, with a less than threefold variation in adults, against an eightfold variation in children. There is a male excess in incidence, especially in the age group 25 to 29 years.
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