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Endocrinology and diabetes

G38 RISING PREVALENCE OF OBESITY RELATED TYPE 2 DIABETES IN THE BRITISH ISLES
L. Haines¹, K. Wan¹, T. Barrett², J. Shield³.¹Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London, UK; ²Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK; ³Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Bristol, UK

Aims: To establish the incidence of non-type 1 diabetes and the incidence of obesity related type 2 diabetes in children 0–16 years in the British Isles during the period from October 2004 to October 2005.

Methods: Monthly surveillance of new cases (suspected or confirmed) of non-type 1 diabetes in children under 17 years in the UK and Ireland through the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit. A parallel two-monthly reporting scheme was set up using diabetes nurse specialists to identify any cases not seen by paediatricians.

Results: 145 cases (81 girls, 64 boys) of physician-diagnosed non-type 1 diabetes have been notified to date; these included 57% (83) cases of type 2 diabetes, 28 (19%) cases of diabetes secondary . . . [Full text of this article]