ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

The New England Journal of Medicine 2021;385(5):416-26. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2100165Brief Summary: This multicenter observational study assessed the cumulative incidence of diabetic complications in 500 adolescents with Type 2 diabetes (T2DM), followed from 2011 to 2020. After only 13 years from T2DM diagnosis, higher complication rates were observed than those reported for pediatric patients wit...

Brief summary: This study aimed to decipher the pathophysiology of the lower prevalence of diabetic retinopathy observed among youth with T2D who also have severe obesity. None of the several biomarkers assessed was found to be associated with the obesity paradox. The biomarkers included: inflammatory factors, acute phase reactants or cytokines (VEGF, hsCRP, ICAM-1, VCAM-1, homocysteine, adiponectin, E-selectin, MCP-1, TNF-α, IL-6, fibrinogen, and ApoB).<p class="abst...

Brief Summary: This longitudinal observational study combined data from the SEARCH (T1D: N=564; T2D: N=149) and TODAY studies (T2D: N=495). Complications were higher in those with childhood onset T2D compared to T1D, with T2D showing 2.5 to 4 times higher rates of microvascular, macrovascular events despite similar diabetes duration. Risk factors for complications differed between T2D and T1D, with mean arterial pressure being a common predictor for both.<p class="abstext"...

Brief Summary: This observational study showed that pregnancy increases the risk of hyperfiltration in women with youth-onset T2D, but not other micro or macrovascular complications.Comment: This study examined whether pregnancy exacerbates health outcomes in young women with T2D, particularly by testing for changes in the occurrence of microvascular and macrovascular complications. Previous findings showed that women in their fourth decade experience a ...