Table 6

Chronic complication prevalence among type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents

T1D (%)

T2D (%)

p

Microalbuminuria

6

28

< 0.001

Arterial hypertension

16

36

< 0.001

Retinopathy

20

4

0.43

Peripheral neuropathy

27

21

0.48

Obesity

7

56

< 0.001

T1D: type 1 diabetes; T2D: type 2 diabetes. Adapted from Eppens, MC et al [142].

Halpern et al. Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome 2010 2:55   doi:10.1186/1758-5996-2-55