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Comparative Study
. 2019 Dec;11(12):1002-1004.
doi: 10.1111/1753-0407.12978. Epub 2019 Sep 29.

Type-1 diabetes onset age and sex differences between Ghanaian and German urban populations

Julia Seyfarth  1 , Osei Sarfo-Kantanka  2 , Joachim Rosenbauer  3   4 , Richard O Phillips  2   5 , Marc Jacobsen  1
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Comparative Study

Type-1 diabetes onset age and sex differences between Ghanaian and German urban populations

Julia Seyfarth et al. J Diabetes. 2019 Dec.

Abstract

Highlights Type 1 diabetes onset age in Kumasi/Ghana has a peak at around 17 to 20 years, whereas the peak is at 11 to 12 years in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Higher proportions of females were found in the type 1 diabetes cohort from Ghana, and males were more frequent in the German cohort.

Keywords: Germany; onset age; sex distribution; sub-Saharan Ghana; type 1 diabetes.

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