ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

JAMA. 2021;326(8):717-27. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.11165.PubMed ID: 34427600Brief summary: This large repeated cross-sectional study identified all individuals aged <20 years with physician-diagnosed diabetes in 6 areas in the US in 2001, 2009, and 2017. Over these 16 years, the prevalence of Type 1 diabetes (T1D) increased by 45% (95% CI, 40%–50%) and the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes...

Brief summary: The incidences of T1D and T2D in children and young people increased in the USA over the last 2 decades. For the first time, the incidence of T2D has surpassed that of T1D.Comment: The SEARCH study has served as a national resource to explore the epidemiology and consequences of diabetes in the US. Published over the years, the findings contribute to understanding future trends in other parts of the world. Overall, the current report shows...

Brief Summary: Rare forms of diabetes (‘monogenic diabetes’) are caused by a single rare gene variant, while adult-onset T2D is influenced by thousands of common genetic variants. This study reveals that youth-onset T2D shares some genetic features with both monogenic and typical adult-onset T2D, marked by both common and rare genetic variantsComment: A significant challenge is understanding why the course of T2D in children and teenagers is mo...

Nat Genet. 2021 Jul;53(7):962-971. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34127860/Brief Summary: The authors report the largest and most diverse genome-wide association study (GWAS) of type 1 diabetes (T1D) to date, including 61,427 participants from different ancestries. It identified 78 significant genomic regions associated with T1D, of which 36 were new. The integration of genetic evidence, f...