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Misra S, Ke C, Srinivasan S, Goyal A, Nyriyenda MJ, Florez JC, Khunti K, Magliano DJ, Luk A. Current insights and emerging trends in early-onset type 2 diabetes. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2023; 11:768-782. [PMID: 37708901 DOI: 10.1016/s2213-8587(23)00225-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Revised: 07/01/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
Abstract
Type 2 diabetes diagnosed in childhood or early adulthood is termed early-onset type 2 diabetes. Cases of early-onset type 2 diabetes are increasing rapidly globally, alongside rising obesity. Compared with a diagnosis later in life, an earlier-onset diagnosis carries an unexplained excess risk of microvascular complications, adverse cardiovascular outcomes, and earlier death. Women with early-onset type 2 diabetes also have a higher risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. The high burden of complications renders individuals with early-onset type 2 diabetes at future risk of multimorbidity and interventions to reverse these concerning trends should be a priority. Within the early-onset cohort, disease pathophysiology and interventions have been better studied in paediatric-onset (<19 years) type 2 diabetes compared to adults; however, young adults aged 19-39 years (a larger number proportionally) are not well characterised and are also invisible in the current evidence base supporting management, which is derived from trials in later-onset type 2 diabetes. Young adults with type 2 diabetes face challenges in self-management that older individuals are less likely to experience (being in education or of working age, higher diabetes distress, and possible obesity-related stigma and diabetes-related stigma). There is a major research gap as to the optimal strategies to deploy in managing type 2 diabetes in adolescents and young adults, given that current models of care appear to not work as well in this age group. In the face of manifold risk factors (obesity, female sex, social deprivation, non-White European ethnicity, and genetic risk factors) prevention strategies with tailored lifestyle interventions, where needed, are likely to have greater success, but more evidence is needed. In this Review, we draw on evidence from both adolescents and young adults to provide a contemporary update on the current insights and emerging trends in early-onset type 2 diabetes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shivani Misra
- Division of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, UK; Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK.
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- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
| | - Moffat J Nyriyenda
- Medical Research Council-Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
| | - Jose C Florez
- Diabetes Unit and Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Programs in Metabolism and Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Kamlesh Khunti
- Diabetes Research Centre, Leicester General Hospital, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
| | - Dianna J Magliano
- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia; School of Public Health and Prevention, Monash University Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
| | - Andrea Luk
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
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