Poster Presentation ESA-SRB-APEG-NZSE 2022

Prevalence of type 2 diabetes risk factors, including overweight and obesity, among youth attending hospital-based paediatric services in Western Melbourne (#439)

Eleanor Angley 1 2 , Emily Matejin 3 , Saba Gul 3 , Christine Rodda 1 3 , Danielle Longmore 1 4
  1. Western Health, St Albans, Victoria, Australia
  2. Endocrinology, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia
  3. Western Clinical School, University of Melbourne, St Albans, Victoria, Australia
  4. Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

This study aimed to determine the prevalence of risk factors for type 2 diabetes in overweight and obese adolescents attending hospital-based paediatric care in Western Melbourne.

100 overweight and obese adolescents (aged 10-17 years) who attended an outpatient clinic at Western Health between May 2019 and May 2020 were randomly selected for structured telephone interview to assess for presence of other risk factors.

45% of the eligible adolescents were overweight or obese. Of those selected for interview, 77% had an additional risk factor for type 2 diabetes. No association between the number of risk factors and body mass index standard deviation score was found, however there was an association between the number of risk factors for type 2 diabetes and both family history of type 2 diabetes and ethnicity.

This paediatric subpopulation had a high rate of risk factors for type 2 diabetes in addition to overweight and obesity, and are at risk of premature mortality and chronic morbidity should they develop type 2 diabetes. The high rate of at-risk youth identified in our cohort may be indicative of the risk for youth in similar populations.