Scientists at University of Colorado, Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes describe research in obesity and diabetes in children

Scientists discuss in "Prevalence of autoantibody-negative diabetes is not rare at all ages and increases with older age and obesity" new findings in obesity and diabetes. "A significant percentage of nonautoimmune forms of diabetes presents among children in all age groups, with a remarkable increase with age. From October 1992 to October 2004, a total of 859 children less than 18 yr of age were newly diagnosed with diabetes at the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes and had blood samples obtained within 2 wk of disease onset for analysis of antiislet autoantibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase-65, insulinoma-associated antigen-2, insulin, and islet cell autoantibodies,"...

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