Characteristics and care of young people with type 2 diabetes included in the national diabetes audit datasets for England.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We report contemporary age-related prevalence, characteristics and care of children and young people with type 2 diabetes in England.

Methods

Individuals with a recorded diagnosis of type 2 diabetes between January 2019 and March 2020 were identified from a whole population register. Age, sex, ethnicity, deprivation quintile, weight, HbA_1c and receipt of the nine National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE) recommended annual care processes were extracted from electronic clinical records and analysed by pre-specified age bands.

Results

In total, 122,780 (4.6%) of 2,642,435 individuals in England with type 2 diabetes were aged under 40 years, comprising; 650 (0.5%) under 16 years, 910 (0.7%) aged 16-18 years, 8245 (6.7%) aged 19-25 and

SUBMITTER: Misra S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087129 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature