Regional differences in incidence and clinical presentation of type 1 diabetes in children aged under 15 years in Croatia.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To determine regional differences in the incidence, incidence trends, and clinical presentation of type 1 diabetes in children under the age of 15 years in Croatia in a 9-year period (1995-2003).

Methods

We included the patients who had been diagnosed with the disease and had started the insulin treatment before they were 15 years old. Regional differences between eastern, central, and southern Croatia were observed. The gross incidence was expressed by the number of newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes patients in 100000 children of the same age and sex per year, ie, for the 0-14 age group, and for the 0-4, 5-9, and 10-14 subgroups.

Results

The highest incidence was observed in southern Croatia (10.91 per 100000/y) and the lowest in central Croatia (8.64 per 100000/y)

SUBMITTER: Stipancic G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3342644 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature