title: Trends in the incidence of childhood-onset type 1 diabetes in Slovakia 1985 - 2000.
abstract: The aim of this work was to study and monitor the patterns in incidence of childhood type 1 diabetes in Slovakia. The incidence of type 1 diabetes per 100,000/year from 1985 to 2000 was determined in children 0 - 14 years old. A total of 1,818 cases were diagnosed during this time. Poisson regression models were used to study incidence trends. The overall incidence of type 1 diabetes varied from 5.62/100,000 per year in year 1986 to 14.46/100,000 in year 1998. This represents a 2.57-fold increase. The incidence increased with age and was the highest among children 10 - 14 years of age. The incidence of type 1 diabetes in Slovakia is increasing very dramatically, especially in age group 0 - 4 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University Children's Hospital, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Michalková
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Minárik
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hlava
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Camajová
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nazarov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D018154:Slovakia / Q000453:epidemiology