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ea0027p71 | (1) | BSPED2011

Type 2 diabetes in young adults in East London: an alarming increase

Balasanthiran Anjali , Stacey Mike J , O'Shea Teresa , Moodambail Abdul , Vijayaraghavan Shanti

Aims: Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) now affects a significant proportion of young people worldwide. ‘X-borough’ contains a strikingly young, diverse population with one of the highest rates of prevalence for adult T2DM in the UK. Our aims were to determine the prevalence and examine the characteristics of young people with T2DM in this population.Methods: Forty-four young people (<25 years) with T2DM were matched with an equal number of young peop...