ea0073aep259 | Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition | ECE2021
Hendawy Laila
, Halawa Mohamed
, Eid Yara
, Elhalawany Salah
, Hegab Ahmed
BackgroundType 2 diabetes has traditionally been considered a disease affecting older age groups. In recent years, however, Type 2 diabetes has become increasingly common in children, adolescents and young adults.Aim of the workTo estimate the prevalence of T2D among a sample of Egyptian youth aged (1830) and to highlight the challenges in differentiating T1D from T2D in early onset diabetes depending o...