Paediatric diabetes subtypes in a consanguineous population: a single-centre cohort study from Kurdistan, Iraq.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/hypothesis

Monogenic diabetes is estimated to account for 1-6% of paediatric diabetes cases in primarily non-consanguineous populations, while the incidence and genetic spectrum in consanguineous regions are insufficiently defined. In this single-centre study we aimed to evaluate diabetes subtypes, obtain the consanguinity rate and study the genetic background of individuals with syndromic and neonatal diabetes in a population with a high rate of consanguinity.

Methods

Data collection was carried out cross-sectionally in November 2021 at the paediatric diabetic clinic, Dr Jamal Ahmad Rashed Hospital, in Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq. At the time of data collection, 754 individuals with diabetes (381 boys) aged up to 16 years were registered. Relevant participant data was o

SUBMITTER: Amaratunga SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10709478 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature