EG Choo- Kang

Clinical and Laboratory Features of Youth Onset Type 2 Diabetes in Jamaica

Issue:

Vol 59, issue 2 (2010)

Pages:

131–8

Synopsis:

Patients from two tertiary referral hospitals were assessed to determine whether Type 2 diabetes mellitus was present in Jamaican diabetic youth. Type 2 diabetes accounted for 22% of cases. Obesity was the most important clinical predictor of Type 2 diabetes.

ABSTRACT

Objectives: To assess the frequency of youth onset Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) in Jamaica and the characteristics of youth with this form of diabetes.

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