Impaired fasting glucose prevalence in two nationwide cohorts of obese children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Impaired fasting glucose (IFG), a pre-stage to type 2 diabetes in adults, is also present in obese children. A large variation of the occurrence has been recorded, but the true prevalence is unknown due to lack of larger representative cohort studies. This study was implemented to investigate the prevalence of IFG in two nationwide cohorts of obese children and to find factors that affect the risk of IFG.

Design

A cross-sectional study based on data collected from two nationwide registers of obese children in Germany and Sweden, respectively.

Subjects

Subjects included were 2-18 years old. 32,907 subjects with fasting glucose were eligible in Germany and 2726 in Sweden. Two cutoff limits for IFG were used: 5.6-6.9 mmol l(-1) according to the American Diabete

SUBMITTER: Hagman E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3884136 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature