ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

Diabetes Care. 2021 Apr 26:dc202308. doi: 10.2337/dc20-2308. PMID: 33905344.In brief: The multicenter SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study assessed cognitive function in adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) (n=1095) or T2DM (n=285). Mean age was 21.6±5.1 years and mean diabetes duration 11.0±3.4 years. Having T2DM was associated wit...

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"...