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Table 6 Chronic complication prevalence among type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents

From: Metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, hypertension and type 2 diabetes in youth: from diagnosis to treatment

 

T1D (%)

T2D (%)

p

Microalbuminuria

6

28

< 0.001

Arterial hypertension

16

36

< 0.001

Retinopathy

20

4

0.43

Peripheral neuropathy

27

21

0.48

Obesity

7

56

< 0.001

  1. T1D: type 1 diabetes; T2D: type 2 diabetes. Adapted from Eppens, MC et al [142].