Global, Regional, and National Epidemiology of Diabetes in Children From 1990 to 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Diabetes in children is a global epidemic that causes various medical conditions associated with an increased incidence of premature death.

Objective

To investigate the trends in diabetes incidence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) in children, with risk factors for diabetes-associated death, from 1990 to 2019.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a cross-sectional study that used data from the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) 2019 in 204 countries and territories. Children with diabetes who were aged 0 to 14 years were included in the analysis. Data were analyzed from December 28, 2022, to January 10, 2023.

Exposure

Childhood diabetes from 1990 to 2019.

Main outcome measures

Incidence, all-cause and cause-specific de

SUBMITTER: Zhang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10318549 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature