June 28, 2007
White Children and Type 1 Diabetes
Reuters reporting on a new JAMA article:
"What we found is that type 1 diabetes is highest in non-Hispanic white children. The age group at which this disease peaks is around puberty," [Dr. Dana Dabelea] said.
She found about one in 3,000 non-Hispanic white children in this age group develop type 1 diabetes each year, compared with one in about 5,000 African-American and Hispanic youths.
The rates are much lower, about 1 in 10,000, for Asian Pacific Islanders and American Indian children, she said.