The incidence rate and prevalence of pediatric type 1 diabetes mellitus (age 0–18) in the Italian region Friuli Venezia Giulia: population-based estimates through the analysis of health administrative databases

• Published in: Acta diabetologica Vol. 53; no. 4; pp. 629 - 635
• Main Authors: Valent, Francesca, Candido, Riccardo, Faleschini, Elena, Tonutti, Laura, Tortul, Carla, Zanatta, Manuela, Zanette, Giorgio, Zanier, Loris
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Milan Springer Milan 01.08.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Autoimmune Diseases - epidemiology; Child; Child, Preschool; Comorbidity; Databases, Factual; Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - epidemiology; Female; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Internal Medicine; Italy - epidemiology; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metabolic Diseases; Original Article; Pediatrics; Prevalence; Public health; Retrospective Studies; Italy; Italy; Prevalence; Incidence rate; Pediatric; Type 1 diabetes mellitus
• ISSN: 0940-5429; 1432-5233; 1432-5233
• DOI: 10.1007/s00592-016-0854-0

Aims The main objective of this study was to estimate the incidence rate and prevalence of pediatric type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM; population 0–18 years of age) in the northeastern Italian region Friuli Venezia Giulia and to characterize the subjects affected by the disease. Methods This was a ret...