Age at diagnosis, anthropometry and birthweight in two ethnically different cohorts of children with type 1 diabetes living in Northwest England or Singapore

Aim To compare children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) living in the Northwest England, United Kingdom (UK) or Singapore, and to correlate age at diagnosis with birthweight and anthropometry at T1D diagnosis. Methods We included 166 T1D children of white ethnicity in England (UK‐White) and 185 T1D child...

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Published in:Acta Paediatrica 2022-05, Vol.111 (5), p.1070-1074
Main Authors: Ng, Sze May, Chandrasekaran, Surendran, Nesbitt, Victoria, Grey, Alexandra, Lim, Pei Kwee, Hui, Yuen Ching, Lek, Ngee
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Anthropometry
birth size
Birth Weight
Body height
Body measurements
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus (insulin dependent)
diabetes mellitus type 1
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - diagnosis
Diagnosis
England - epidemiology
Ethnicity
Humans
Minority & ethnic groups
Puberty
Singapore - epidemiology
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Summary:Aim To compare children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) living in the Northwest England, United Kingdom (UK) or Singapore, and to correlate age at diagnosis with birthweight and anthropometry at T1D diagnosis. Methods We included 166 T1D children of white ethnicity in England (UK‐White) and 185 T1D children of East‐Asian ethnicity origin in Singapore (SG‐Asian) who were born between 2002 and 2020. Results The cohorts from UK‐White and SG‐Asian children differed significantly in FH of T1D (p 
ISSN:0803-5253
1651-2227
DOI:10.1111/apa.16274