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Diabetes mellitus type 2 in childhood and adolescence in Germany and parts of Austria

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by grants from the German Ministry of Health, the German Diabetes Foundation, the German Diabetes Association, the Dr. Dr. Buerger-Buesing Foundation and Novo Nordisk Pharma GmbH. We thank the following centres for participating in the study: Aachen Kinderklinik RWTH; Ahlen St. Franziskus Kinderklinik; Aue Helios Kinderklinik; Augsburg Kinderklinik Zentralklinikum; Aurich Kinderklinik; Bad Hersfeld Kinderklinik; Bad Oeynhausen Diabetesfachklinik; Berlin Kinderklinik Lindenhof; Berlin Klinik St. Hedwig Innere; Berlin Virchow-Kinderklinik; Berlin Hellersdorf Innere; Bielefeld Kinderklinik Gilead; Bonn Uni-Kinderklinik; Bottrop Kinderklinik; Bottrop Knappschaftskrankenhaus Innere; Bremen Kinderklinik Nord; Bremen Kinderklinik St. Jürgenstrasse; Bremen Epidemiologieprojekt; Bremerhaven Kinderklinik; Bruckmühl Internist Praxis; Celle Kinderklinik; Chemnitz Kinderklinik; Coesfeld Kinderklinik; Darmstadt Kinderklinik Prinz Margareth; Datteln Kinderklinik; Deggendorf Kinderarztpraxis; Deggendorf Kinderklinik; Delmenhorst Kinderklinik; Detmold Kinderklinik; Dortmund Kinderklinik; Dortmund St. Josefshospital Innere; Dresden Uni-Kinderklinik; Düren-Birkesdorf Kinderklinik; Düsseldorf Uni-Kinderklinik; Erfurt Kinderklinik; Erlangen Uni-Kinderklinik; Essen Uni-Kinderklinik; Esslingen Städtische Kinderklinik; Eutin Kinderklinik; Eutin St. Elisabeth Innere; Freiburg Uni-Kinderklinik; Friedrichshafen Kinderklinik; Fulda Kinderklinik; Fürth Kinderklinik; Gaissach Kinder-Fachklinik; Garmisch-Partenkirchen Kinderklinik; Gelsenkirchen Kinderklinik Marienhospital; Gemeinschaftspraxis Rastatt; Giessen Uni-Kinderklinik; Göppingen Kinderklinik am Eichert; Görlitz Städtische Kinderklinik; Göttingen Uni-Kinderklinik; Hachenburg Kinderpraxis; Hagen Kinderklinik; Halle Uni-Kinderklinik; Halle-Dölau Städtisches Krankenhaus; Hamburg Altonaer Kinderklinik; Hamburg Kinderklinik Wilhelmstift; Hamburg-Nord Kinderklinik Heidberg; Hamm Kinderklinik; Hanau Kinderklinik; Hannover Henriettenstift Innere; Hannover Kinderklinik MHH; Hannover Kinderklinik auf der Bult; Heidelberg Uni-Kinderklinik; Heidenheim Kinderklinik; Heilbronn Innere Klinik; Herford Kinderklinik; Hermeskeis Kinderpraxis; Herzberg Kreiskrankenhaus Innere; Hildesheim Kinderarztpraxis; Hildesheim Kinderklinik; Hinrichsegen-Bruckmühl Diabetikerjugendhaus; Homburg Uni-Kinderklinik Saarland; Itzehoe Kinderklinik; Jena Uni-Kinderklinik; Kaiserslautern-Westpfalzklinikum Kinderklinik; Karlsburg Diabetesfachklinik; Karlsruhe Städtische Kinderklinik; Kassel Kinderklinik Park Schönfeld; Kassel Städtische Kinderklinik; Kempen Heilig Geist Innere; Kiel Städtische Kinderklinik; Koblenz Kemperhof 1. Med. Klinik; Koblenz Kinderklinik Kemperhof; Konstanz Innere Klinik; Krefeld Innere Klinik; Köln Uni-Kinderklinik; Landshut Kinderklinik; Leipzig Uni-Kinderklinik; Lingen Kinderklinik St. Bonifatius; Lippstadt Evangelische Kinderklinik; Ludwigsburg Kinderklinik; Ludwigshafen Kinderklinik St.Anna-Stift; Lübeck Uni-Kinderklinik; Lübeck Uni-Klinik Innere Medizin; Lüdenscheid Kinderklinik; Magdeburg Uni-Kinderklinik; Mannheim Innere; Mannheim Uni-Kinderklinik; Marburg Uni-Kinderklinik; Mechernich Kinderklinik; Minden Kinderklinik; Moers Kinderklinik; Mutterstadt Kinderarztpraxis; Mönchengladbach Kinderklinik Rheydt Elisabethkrankenhaus; München von Haunersche Kinderklinik; München-Harlaching Kinderklinik; München-Schwabing Kinderklinik; Münster Uni-Kinderklinik; Münster Kinderarztpraxis; Neukirchen Kinderklinik Kohlhof; Neuss Lukaskrankenhaus Kinderklinik; Neuwied Kinderklinik Elisabeth; Nürnberg Cnopfsche Kinderklinik; Nürnberg Kinderklinik Klinikum Süd; Oberhausen Kinderklinik; Offenbach/Main Kinderklinik; Oldenburg Kinderklinik; Osnabrück Kinderklinik; Paderborn St. Vincenz Kinderklinik; Passau Kinderklinik; Pforzheim Kinderklinik; Praxis Wagner, Saaldorf-Surheim; Ravensburg Kinderklink St. Nikolaus; Regensburg Kinderklinik St. Hedwig; Remscheid Kinderklinik; Rendsburg Kinderklinik; Rosenheim Kinderklinik; Rotenburg/Wümme Kinderklinik; Saalfeld Thüringenklinik Kinderklinik; Saarbrücken Kinderklinik Winterberg; Saarlouis Kinderklinik; Schw. Gmünd Margaritenhospital Kinderklinik; Schweinfurt Kinderklinik; Siegen Kinderklinik; Singen-Hegauklinik Kinderklinik; Sinsheim Innere; Spaichingen Innere; Stade Kinderklinik; Stuttgart Olgahospital Kinderklinik; Suhl Kinderklinik; Sylt Rehaklinik; Trier Kinderklinik der Borromäerinnen; Ulm Uni-Kinderklinik; Vechta Kinderklinik; Viersen Kinderklinik; Waiblingen Kinderklinik; Waldshut Kinderpraxis Biberbau; Weiden Kinderklinik; Weingarten Kinderarztpraxis; Wien Uni-Kinderklinik; Wiesbaden Horst-Schmidt-Kinderkliniken; Wiesbaden Kinderklinik DKD; Witten-Herdecke Kinderklinik; Worms Kinderklinik; Wuppertal Kinderklinik.

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  1. University Children’s Hospital, Waehringer Guertel 18–20, 1090, Vienna, Austria

    Edith Schober & Birgit Rami

  2. ZIBMT and Department of Paediatrics, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

    Reinhard W. Holl & Matthias Grabert

  3. University Children’s Hospital, Hanover, Germany

    Angelika Thon

  4. University of Leipzig, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Leipzig, Germany

    Thomas Kapellen

  5. University Children’s Hospital, Cologne, Germany

    Ora Seewi

  6. Children’s Hospital, Datteln, University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten/Herdecke, Germany

    Thomas Reinehr

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This article was written on behalf of the DPV-Wiss Initiative of the German Working Group for Pediatric Diabetology

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Schober, E., Holl, R.W., Grabert, M. et al. Diabetes mellitus type 2 in childhood and adolescence in Germany and parts of Austria. Eur J Pediatr 164, 705–707 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-005-1709-9

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