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. 2002 Jul-Aug;117(4):373-9.
doi: 10.1093/phr/117.4.373.

Type 2 diabetes mellitus among Florida children and adolescents, 1994 through 1998

Christine J Macaluso  1 , Ursula E Bauer, Larry C Deeb, John I Malone, Monika Chaudhari, Janet Silverstein, Margaret Eidson, Ronald B Goldberg, Bonnie Gaughan-Bailey, Robert G Brooks, Arlan L Rosenbloom
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus among Florida children and adolescents, 1994 through 1998

Christine J Macaluso et al. Public Health Rep. 2002 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

Objectives: This study was undertaken to examine the trends in the diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes mellitus among children and adolescents with new-onset diabetes seen from 1994 through 1998 at the three university-based diabetes centers in Florida.

Methods: Data were abstracted from medical records and patients were categorized as having Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes.

Results: There were 569 patients classified with Type 1 diabetes and 92 with Type 2 diabetes. The proportion of patients diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes increased over the five years from 9.4% in 1994 to 20.0% in 1998 (chi-square test for trend = 8.2; p=0.004). There was not an associated net increase in the total number of new diabetes patients referred over time (chi-square test for trend = 0.6, p=0.4). Those with Type 2 diabetes were more likely to have a body mass index in the 85th-94th percentile [odds ratio (OR) = 8.5; 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.5, 28.8], have a body mass index >or=95th percentile (OR = 6.8; 95% CI 2.6, 17.7), Hispanic ethnicity (OR = 6.2; 95% CI 2.2, 17.9), black race (OR = 2.8; 95% CI 1.3, 6.2), female gender (OR = 2.2; 95% CI 1.2, 4.3), and older age (OR = 1.4 for each one-year increment in age; 95% CI 1.3, 1.6), compared with those having Type 1 diabetes.

Conclusions: From 1994 through 1998, there was a significant overall increase in the percentage of children referred with new-onset diabetes who were considered to have Type 2 diabetes. Factors associated with the diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes relative to Type 1 diabetes include body mass index >/=85th percentile, Hispanic ethnicity, black race, female gender, and older age.

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