The number of under-fives in Europe with type 1 diabetes is set to double between 2005 and 2020 [EN]
May 28, 2009 – 11:19 amThe researchers, from Ireland and Hungary, warn cases in older children will also rise substantially.
Writing in The Lancet, they say genetics alone cannot account for the rapid rise, and suggest lifestyle factors are likely to play a role.
The study is based on 29,311 cases of type 1 diabetes recorded in 20 European countries between 1989 and 2003.
The researchers, from Queen’s University, Belfast, and Pecs University, Hungary, found the overall incidence of type 1 diabetes rose by 3.9% per year.
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