Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To examine the role of parental diabetes mellitus (DM) in the development of type 2 DM among children and adolescents from high-risk ethnic groups. STUDY DESIGN: RESULTS: Of all the patients, 76% had no known diabetic parent; 7% had father only; 15% had mother only; and 2.5% had two diabetic parents. Parental DM was more likely in type 2 than in type 1 children (only paternal, 15.9% vs 5.5%, P <.02; only maternal, 38.6% vs 9.5%, P <.01; or both, 6.8% vs 1.5%, P <.01). CONCLUSION: A positive parental history of DM appears to be more strongly related to childhood type 2 than to type 1 DM. Whether this is a reflection of genetic or behavioral factors is yet unclear.
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Authors | Kingsley U Onyemere, Rebecca B Lipton |
Journal | The Journal of pediatrics
(J Pediatr)
Vol. 141
Issue 6
Pg. 825-9
(Dec 2002)
ISSN: 0022-3476 [Print] United States |
PMID | 12461500
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Age of Onset
- Black People
- Chicago
(epidemiology)
- Child
- Diabetes Mellitus
(genetics)
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
(ethnology, genetics)
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
(ethnology, genetics)
- Ethnicity
- Female
- Hispanic or Latino
- Humans
- Male
- Parents
- Registries
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