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Type 2 diabetes in younger adults: clinical characteristics, diabetes-related complications and management of risk factors.
Primary care diabetes - 1 Apr 2011
Benhalima Katrien, Wilmot Emma, Khunti Kamlesh, Gray Laura J, Lawrence Ian, Davies Melanie
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AIM: To describe the clinical characteristics and risk factors of adults <35 years with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). METHODS: Observational study of 185 younger adults attending a specialist diabetes clinic. RESULTS: In this cohort 65% were female, 51% Caucasian, 43% South Asian. Characteristics at presentation: age 24 ± 5.5 years, BMI 33 ± 7.6 kg/m(2) and HbA1c 9.0% ± 2.3. Follow up of 3.2 ± 2.8 years with a diabetes...
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