Diabetes: Control - Slide 24

SEARCH Findings

• Determine prevalence and correlates of selected CVD risk factors among youth with diabetes

• 21% of young people with diabetes had at least two CVD risk factors

• Prevalence of CVD risk factors was higher among youth aged 10-19 years and among girls

(SEARCH). Diabetes Care 2006 29(8): 1891-6.

Note:

• Although the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study is still ongoing, results of individual studies based on SEARCH data have been published.

• One such study looked at the prevalence and correlates of selected cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors among youth under 20 years of age with diabetes.

• The prevalence of having at least two CVD risk factors was 21 percent. The prevalence was higher among youth aged 10-19 years (25 percent) than children aged 3-9 years (7 percent), and higher among girls (23 percent) than young boys (19 percent).

Reference

Rodriguez, B.L., W.Y. Fujimoto. et al. (2006). Prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors in U.S. children and adolescents with diabetes: the SEARCH for diabetes in youth study. Diabetes Care 29(8):1891-6.