Early-onset type 2 diabetes in a Mexican survey: results from the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2006.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the characteristics of patients with type 2 diabetes diagnosed before age 40 (early-onset type 2 diabetes) identified in a nation-wide, population-based study.


METHODS
The survey was done in Mexico during 2006. Medical history, anthropometric and biochemical measurements were obtained in every subject.


RESULTS
Cases diagnosed before (n=181) and after age 40 (n=659) were included. Early-onset type 2 diabetes was present in 13.1% of the previously diagnosed, 30.3% of the cases identified during the survey and 21.5% of the whole population with diabetes. These individuals had a greater prevalence of obesity and hypertriglyceridemia compared to the cases diagnosed after age 40.


CONCLUSIONS
Early-onset type 2 diabetes was present in 21.5 % of patients with type 2 diabetes in Mexico. Close to 70% of them were obese or overweight and had the clinical profile of the metabolic syndrome.
Jiménez-Corona
Aída
A
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
Rojas
Rosalba
R
Gómez-Pérez
Francisco J
FJ
Aguilar-Salinas
Carlos A
CA
D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000886:Anthropometry; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005215:Fasting / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult
D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin