Diabetes in African American Youth

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• Alternative Title:
  Diabetes Care
• Personal Author:
  Mayer-Davis, Elizabeth J. ; Beyer, Jennifer ; Bell, Ronny A. ; Dabelea, Dana ; D'Agostino, Ralph ; Imperatore, Giuseppina ; Lawrence, Jean M. ; Liese, Angela D. ; Liu, Lenna ; Marcovina, Santica ; Rodriguez, Beatriz
• Corporate Authors:
  for the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study Group
• Description:
  To report the prevalence and incidence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes among African American youth and to describe demographic, clinical, and behavioral characteristics.|Data from the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study, a population-based, multicenter observational study of youth with clinically diagnosed diabetes aged 0-19 years, were used to estimate the prevalence for calendar year 2001 (692 cases) and incidence based on 748 African American case subjects diagnosed in 2002-2005. Characteristics of these youth were obtained during a research visit for 436 African American youth with type 1 diabetes and 212 African American youth with type 2 diabetes.|Among African American youth aged 0-9 years, prevalence (per 1,000) of type 1 diabetes was 0.57 (95% CI 0.47-0.69) and for those aged 10-19 years 2.04 (1.85-2.26). Among African American youth aged 0-9 years, annual type 1 diabetes incidence (per 100,000) was 15.7 (13.7-17.9) and for those aged 10-19 years 15.7 (13.8-17.8). A1C was >or=9.5% among 50% of youth with type 1 diabetes aged >or=15 years. Across age-groups and sex, 44.7% of African American youth with type 1 diabetes were overweight or obese. Among African American youth aged 10-19 years, prevalence (per 1,000) of type 2 diabetes was 1.06 (0.93-1.22) and annual incidence (per 100,000) was 19.0 (16.9-21.3). About 60% of African American youth with type 2 diabetes had an annual household income of <$25,000. Among those aged >or=15 years, 27.5% had an A1C >or=9.5%, 22.5% had high blood pressure, and, across subgroups of age and sex, >90% were overweight or obese.|Type 1 diabetes presents a serious burden among African American youth aged <10 years, and African American adolescents are impacted substantially by both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Black People Child Child, Preschool Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Female Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Prevalence Young Adult

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• Source:
  Diabetes Care. 2009; 32(Suppl 2):S112-S122.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  DP-05-069/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; M01 RR00069/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States ; M01 RR01070/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States ; M01 RR08084/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States ; M01RR00037/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States ; M01RR001271/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States ; PA 00097/PHS HHS/United States ; U01 DP000244/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; U01 DP000245/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; U01 DP000246/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; U01 DP000247/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; U01 DP000248/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; U01 DP000250/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; U01 DP000254/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  32
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b04dc9d0e2f1f8f223e09e0bc0aba19604a348572e354b372af314d2bfecf07e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/22936/cdc_22936_DS1.pdf
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