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Characteristics of subjects with diabetes mellitus diagnosed before 35 years of age presenting to a tertiary diabetes clinic in Durban, South Africa, from 2003 to 2016

Published in: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa
Volume 23 , issue 1 , 2018 , pages: 26–31

DOI: 10.1080/16089677.2017.1417779

Author(s): Prevendri Govender Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, South Africa , Khaled Elmezughi Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, South Africa , Tonya Esterhuizen Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, South Africa , Imran Paruk Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, South Africa , Fraser James Pirie Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, South Africa , Ayesha Ahmed Motala Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, South Africa

Keywords: diabetes in youth , South Africa

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Abstract

Background: Most patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus < 35 years will have type 1 diabetes (T1D). The increase in youth-onset type 2 diabetes (T2D) parallels the obesity epidemic and in African subjects ketosis-prone type 2 diabetes (KPD) may occur in this age group.

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