The Presence of Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Underserved Preschool Children.

Abstract

This study identified risk factors (ie, high-risk racial/ethnic group, overweight/obesity, elevated blood pressure, elevated casual blood glucose, and the presence of acanthosis nigricans) for the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in underserved children with or without a family history of diabetes during annual preschool health screenings. Early identification of risk factors for the development of T2DM will allow for effective interventions to be implemented, thus, improving the long-term health-related quality of life of at-risk children.

• Authors: Michele Montgomery, Paige Johnson, Patrick Ewell
• Journal: The Nursing clinics of North America (Nurs Clin North Am) Vol. 50 Issue 3 Pg. 585-94 (Sep 2015) ISSN: 1558-1357 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 26333612 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Child, Preschool (statistics & numerical data)
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 (epidemiology)
• Ethnicity (statistics & numerical data)
• Female
• Humans
• Incidence
• Male
• Prevalence
• Quality of Life
• Risk Factors
• United States (epidemiology)
• Vulnerable Populations (statistics & numerical data)