Sweden Has 3X As Many Young People With Type 1 Diabetes As Previously Thought
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 03:10
in Health & Medicine
Sweden, the country with the second highest prevalence of type 1 diabetes in the world, could actually have 2-3 times more adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes than previously estimated, according to new findings in Diabetologia. Current estimates in Sweden are based on the Diabetes Incidence Study in Sweden (DISS), which has been around since 1983. The DISS is one of very few registers to record data on adolescents and young adults and therefore findings from the DISS study have had implications for diabetes research and care in many countries. Dr. Araz Rawshani of the Swedish National Diabetes Register, Gothenburg, and colleagues found that the DISS had very low coverage which discards previous findings. read more