Paediatric Type 2 Diabetes Still Rare in an Irish Tertiary Referral Unit

Ir Med J. 2018 Jan 10;111(1):679.

Abstract

While Type 2 Diabetes in childhood has become increasingly prevalent throughout the world, in our service we found that only 2% (7/320) of children and adolescents with diabetes aged <16 years had type 2 diabetes. All type 2 subjects were overweight or obese and six of seven were non-Caucasian. Mean age at presentation was 12.8 years. Six patients (85%) had complications, most commonly hypertension. Although Type 2 Diabetes in children remains relatively rare in our cohort, identification of these children is important as management differs from Type 1 Diabetes.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / epidemiology*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / epidemiology
  • Overweight / epidemiology
  • Pediatric Obesity / epidemiology
  • Tertiary Care Centers / statistics & numerical data