- Title
- Population-based incidence of diabetes in Australian youth aged 10-18yr: increase in type 1 diabetes but not type 2 diabetes
- Creator
- Tran, Fiona; Stone, Monique; Huang, Chi-Yu; Lloyd, Margaret; Woodhead, Helen J.; Elliott, Karan D.; Crock, Patricia A.; Howard, Neville J.; Craig, Maria E.
- Relation
- Pediatric Diabetes Vol. 15, p. 585-590
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pedi.12131
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- Background: Global incidence of childhood type 2 diabetes has increased, with a greater rise amongst certain ethnic groups. Objectives: To examine the change in the incidence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in Australian youth, aged 10-18yr, in New South Wales, Australia. Methods: Prospective population-based incidence study (2001-2008). Primary case ascertainment was from the Australasian Paediatric Endocrine Group Diabetes Register, secondary independent ascertainment from the National Diabetes Register. Results: There were 202 incident cases of type 2 diabetes (96 boys, 48%). The mean age at diagnosis (±SD) was 14.6±2.5yr; 93% were overweight (International Obesity Taskforce Grade=1). Mean HbA1c was 8.8±2.8%. Ethnicity was Caucasian 31%, Indigenous Australian 20%, Southeast Asian 11%, North African/Middle Eastern 9%, and NewZealander/Melanesian/Polynesian 8%. The mean annual incidence of type 2 diabetes was 3.0 per 100000 per year (95% confidence interval (CI): 2.6-3.4) and did not change over time. The mean annual incidence of type 1 diabetes was 22.0 per 100000 per year (95% CI: 20.8-23.1), and increased by 3.8% per year [incidence rate ratio IRR: 1.04, 95% CI: 1.02-1.06, p=0.001]. Incidence was higher in Indigenous vs. non-Indigenous youth, IRR: 6.9 (95% CI: 4.7-10.2, p<0.001). Conclusion: In 10-18yr old youth, in Australia, the incidence of type 2 diabetes has remained steady during the last decade; however, the incidence of type 1 diabetes continues to rise. Most common diabetes in Australian youth is type 1 diabetes.
- Subject
- type 1 diabetes; type 2 diabetes; Australia; epidemiology; Indigenous
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1306833
- Identifier
- uon:21267
- Identifier
- ISSN:1399-543X
- Language
- eng
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