Prevalence of vascular complications and factors predictive of their development in young adults with type 1 diabetes: systematic literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vascular complications curtail life expectancy and quality of life in type 1 diabetes and development at younger ages is particularly detrimental. To date no review has summarised the prevalence or factors predicting their development in young adults.

Methods

A quantitative epidemiological systematic review was conducted to identify the prevalence and predictive factors for development of retinopathy, nephropathy and hypertension in young adults (sample age mean [plus 1SD] 18-30 years) with type 1 diabetes, using processes adapted from established review methods set out by the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination.MEDLINE (Ovid), Scopus (Elsevier), CINAHL, Science Direct (Elsevier), Google Scholar and Cochrane databases were searched to identify relevant articles p

SUBMITTER: James S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4167503 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature