Type 1 Diabetes Is Expected To Double In The European Younger Children
Number of children less than five years of age with type 1 diabetes could double by 2020, and the rapid growth based on environmental factors, researchers say.
In Saturday’s edition of The Lancet study is based on an analysis of 29,311 cases of type 1 diabetes in 20 European countries between 1989 and 2003.
“These results show that the incidence of type 1 diabetes is growing even faster than before, leading to adverse changes in the environment in which children live today.” – Dr. Dana Dabelea
Type 1 diabetes is an insulin deficiency and is seen in insulin injections. This producing cells occurs when insulin in the pancreas, which are necessary for blood sugar are destroyed.
“In 2020, the number of new cases of 24,400, but this change is not evenly distributed among age groups, the incidence of type 1 diabetes in the younger age group is expected to double in the two sexes,” said the doctor. Chris Patterson of Queen’s University in Belfast, Gyula Soltesz, University of Pécs in Hungary and his colleagues wrote in the study.
Diagnosis has increased at a rate of 3.9 percent per year in general and an increase of 5.4 percent per year among children under five years.
On this basis, in some cases in children less than five years of age will double from 20,113 in 2020 from 9955 in 2005 told investigators.
Case in European children under 15 years is expected to be even higher, to 159,767 in 2020 to 93,584 in 2005.
Changes in the environment include
The growth was so fast that genetics alone can not change the trip, said the researcher. The biggest growth was in Eastern Europe, where the habits are changing faster than in Western Europe.
The modern lifestyle, including weight gain and growth in children, women, children, and then a large number of cesarean deliveries, the drivers, but they are too weak to explain that most of the increase in rates Incidence, said Patterson.
“These results show that the incidence of type 1 diabetes is growing even faster than before, leading to adverse changes in the environment in which children live today,” said Dr. Dana Dabelea of the University of Colorado in Denver, wrote in a commentary.
A greater proportion of cases diagnosed in the younger age groups may lead to more patients with potentially fatal ketoacidosis – the acidity of the blood caused by the disintegration of fats and proteins, is not regulated by the liver.
“In the absence of effective means of type 1 diabetes, European countries need to ensure adequate planning of services and resources for high quality care for the growing number of children who are diagnosed with diabetes in the coming years “he wrote in the computer.
“Many people live a full and healthy life. However, the longest of diabetes, the greater the risk of complications such as heart disease, kidney failure and blindness,” said Dr Iain Frame, director of research in diabetes the United Kingdom, said in a statement.
“But much more research before you is conclusions about the reasons for the increase in type 1 diabetes in young children.”