A recent analysis of data from more than 200 countries and regions found that the prevalence of type 2 diabetes among adolescents and young adults worldwide has increased significantly from 1990 to 2019.
The study’s findings were published in The BMJ.
The findings show that countries with low mid- and low-middle socioeconomic indicators (a measure of social and economic development) and women under the age of 30 are particularly affected, and high body mass index was the main attributable risk factor in all countries.
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Researchers suggest that weight control is essential in reduce the burden of early-onset diabetes“>type 2 diabetes, but countries should establish specific policies to tackle this problem more effectively.
Type 2 diabetes usually develops in middle-aged and older adults and increases the risk of serious complications including heart disease, vision loss, and death.
Data suggest that early-onset diabetes”>type 2 diabetes (diagnosed before age 40) is becoming increasingly common, but no studies specifically describe the global burden of diabetes. early-onset”>type 2 diabetes, or differences between sexes and in countries with different levels of socioeconomic development.
Risk factors for early-onset diabetes”>Type 2 diabetes in different countries is also unclear. To fill these knowledge gaps, the researchers used data from the 2019 Global Burden of Disease Study to estimate new cases (incidence), mortality and disability-adjusted life expectancy (DALYs) – a combined measure of the number of quality and quality of life – due to diabetes”>type 2 diabetes in adolescents and young adults (15-39 years old) from 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019.
They also examined DALY proportionally due to various risk factors, and the data were assessed by age, sex, and sociodemographic index.
The results show that the age-standardized prevalence of diabetes”>type 2 diabetes in adolescents and young adults globally has increased from 117 per 100,000 population in 1990 to 183 in 2019 and the rate The age-standardized DALY increased from 106 per 100,000 in 1990 to 150 per 100,000 in 2019.
The age-standardized death rate increased slightly from 0.74 per 100,000 population in 1990 to 0.77 per 100,000 population in 2019.
When grouped by countries with different sociodemographic indices, countries with low and middle mean socioeconomic indices had the highest age-standardized incidence and normalized DALY rates. by age in 2019, while countries with a low sociodemographic index had the lowest age-standardized incidence rates but the highest age-standardized mortality rates.
Women generally had higher mortality and DALY rates than men under the age of 30, but the difference between the sexes was reversed in those over 30, except in countries with social indices. low class.
The main risk factor attributable to DALY for early-onset diabetes”>type 2 diabetes is high body mass index in all regions according to the sociodemographic index.
However, the contribution of other risk factors varied across regions, with higher rates of ambient particulate air pollution (12% vs 7%) and smoking (13% vs 4%). ) in countries with a high sociodemographic index and higher rates of household air pollution from solid fuels (17% vs 0.07%) and diets low in fruit (9% vs. with 6%) in low sociological index countries.
The researchers point to some limitations of the study, such as differences in the definition of “diabetes”>type 2 diabetes and high underdiagnosis in many countries. .
However, they indicate that they have comprehensively assessed global, regional and national temporal trends for early-onset diabetes”>type 2 diabetes and the respective contributions of these factors. risk factors based on the 2019 Global Burden of Disease Study.
They write: “Our study shows a clear upward trend in the burden of early-onset diabetes”>type 2 diabetes between 1990 and 2019. “These findings provide a baseline. to understand the epidemic nature of early-onset diabetes”>type 2 diabetes and call for urgent actions to tackle the problem from a global perspective.” (ANI)
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