Incidence trends of type 1 diabetes before and after the reunification in children up to 14 years of age in Saxony, Eastern Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The aim of this study was to analyze the incidence rates of type 1 diabetes in Saxony before and after the German reunification.

Methods

The study examined two registries: one until 1990 and one since 1999. Only patients under 15 years of age with type 1 diabetes and living in Saxony were included in the study. Standardized incidence rates were described based on direct age standardization procedures using the Standard European Population for each calendar year between the observation periods 1982-1989 and 1999-2014. Age was grouped into three classes: 0-4, 5-9 and 10-14 years of age. Incidence data were presented as age-standardized incidence rates per 100,000 person-years (PY) with 95% confidence intervals [CI]. Joinpoint regression was used for trend analyses and Poi

SUBMITTER: Manuwald U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5589116 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature