Incidence Trends of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes among Youths, 2002–2012

To the Editor: In the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study, Mayer-Davis and colleagues (April 13 issue) 1 found a significant annual increase of 8.9% in the incidence of type 2 diabetes in the 2003–2012 period among Native American youths 10 to 19 years of age — the largest increase in any racial or e...

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Published in:The New England journal of medicine Vol. 377; no. 3; p. 301
Main Authors: Bullock, Ann, Sheff, Karen, Mayer-Davis, Elizabeth J, Dabelea, Dana, Lawrence, Jean M
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Massachusetts Medical Society 20.07.2017
Subjects:
Adolescent
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - epidemiology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology
Glycated Hemoglobin A - analysis
Humans
Incidence
ISSN:0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406
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Summary:To the Editor: In the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study, Mayer-Davis and colleagues (April 13 issue) 1 found a significant annual increase of 8.9% in the incidence of type 2 diabetes in the 2003–2012 period among Native American youths 10 to 19 years of age — the largest increase in any racial or ethnic group studied. However, the “Native American” youths on which these results are based are not representative of American Indian and Alaska Native youths nationwide. As the authors acknowledged in a previous article, “the number of [American Indian/Alaska Native] youth was small, was primarily from [Indian Health . . .
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMc1706291