Increase in type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents in Western Australia

Objectives: To document diagnosis rates of type 2 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents in Western Australia over the past 12 years, the clinical characteristics of these patients and any comorbidities. Design: Review of a prospectively recorded diabetes database. Setting: Tertiary paediatri...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Medical journal of Australia 2004-05, Vol.180 (9), p.459-461
Hauptverfasser:	McMahon, Sarah K, Haynes, Aveni, Ratnam, Nirubasini, Grant, Maree T, Carne, Christine L, Jones, Timothy W, Davis, Elizabeth A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acanthosis Nigricans - complications Adolescent Age Biological and medical sciences Blood pressure Body Mass Index Child Children & youth Childrens health Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - diagnosis Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance Disease control Disease prevention Education Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases) Endocrine system diseases Endocrinology Endocrinopathies Epidemiology Etiopathogenesis. Screening. Investigations. Target tissue resistance Female General aspects Glycated Hemoglobin A - analysis Hospitals Humans Hypertension Incidence Insulin resistance Male Medical research Medical sciences Obesity Patients Pediatric medicine Peptides Population Public health Queens Teenagers Western Australia - epidemiology Working groups
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Zusammenfassung:	Objectives: To document diagnosis rates of type 2 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents in Western Australia over the past 12 years, the clinical characteristics of these patients and any comorbidities. Design: Review of a prospectively recorded diabetes database. Setting: Tertiary paediatric referral centre (the only such centre in WA). Patients: All children and adolescents aged
ISSN:	0025-729X 1326-5377
DOI:	10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06023.x