Diabetes patients under the age of 30 are at high risk of cardiovascular and kidney complications
Feb 05, 2025
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A joint research team led by Kim Sung-eon, a professor of pediatrics at Catholic University of Korea's Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, Cho Won-kyung, a professor of pediatrics at Catholic University's St. Vincent's Hospital, and a professor of information statistics and insurance mathematics at Soongsil University in Korea, announced on the 5th that they conducted a large-scale long-term follow-up study of type 1 and type 2 diabetes patients under the age of 30 from 2006 to 2019 using the National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIS) sample cohort.
As a result of the study, diabetics in children and younger ages had a significantly higher risk of cardiovascular disease (myocardial infarction, stroke), renal failure, and death compared to the general population. The risk of developing myocardial infarction was 6.76 times higher in type 1 diabetes patients and 5.07 times higher in type 2 diabetes patients, respectively. The risk of stroke also increased 4.65 times and 3.3 times, respectively.
In particular, the risk of renal failure was found to be 20.92 times higher in patients with type 1 diabetes. Type 2 diabetics were 2.78 times higher. In addition, the risk of death was found to be 3.69 times higher in type 1 diabetes and 3.06 times higher in type 2 diabetes than in the general population.
The findings show that children and young age diabetics have a very high risk of cardiovascular complications and renal failure, and that early mortality also increases, suggesting that diabetes at a young age may have a sharp increase in the risk of complications after adulthood, the research team explained.
Kim Sung-eon, professor of pediatric and adolescent department at Catholic University of Korea's Incheon St. Mary's Hospital (first author), said, "The results of this study will be an important basis for public health policy establishment in the current situation where diabetes is on the rise at a young age. We want to contribute to improving the quality of life of diabetics through the development of preventive management models and long-term follow-up studies in the future."."
Cho Won-kyung, professor of pediatrics at Catholic University's Saint Vincent Hospital (corresponding author), emphasized that "This study is a large-scale cohort study to analyze the risk of cardiovascular and kidney complications and death in children and young age diabetic patients, and it is of great significance that we accurately evaluated the health status of diabetic patients in Korea using open big data. In order to prevent long-term complications, active blood sugar management is essential, and it is more important to maintain stable blood sugar during the growing period, especially for diabetic patients of children and young age."
Meanwhile, this research paper was published in the American Diabetes Association (ADA) 'Diabetes Care', the world's most prestigious SCI-level international academic journal on diabetes.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
