ONE OF THE LOWEST VALIDATED INCIDENCE RATES OF INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES-MELLITUS IN THE AMERICA - SANTIAGO, CHILE

Authors
CARRASCO E PEREZBRAVO F SANTOS JL LOPEZ G CALVILLAN M WOLFF C DELOSRIOS MG
Citation
E. Carrasco et al., ONE OF THE LOWEST VALIDATED INCIDENCE RATES OF INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES-MELLITUS IN THE AMERICA - SANTIAGO, CHILE, Diabetes research and clinical practice, 34, 1996, pp. 153-157
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology","Endocrynology & Metabolism
Journal title
Diabetes research and clinical practice → ACNP
ISSN journal
01688227
Volume
34
Year of publication
1996
Supplement
S
Pages
153 - 157
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-8227(1996)34:<153:OOTLVI>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The goal of this study was to estimate the average annual incidence ra te of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) in Santiago as part o f a Multinational Project in Childhood Diabetes (Diabetes Mondiale or DiaMond). Incidence was calculated among subjects under 15 years of ag e, through a retrospective search and confirmation method from 1 Janua ry 1986 to 31 December 1992. Hospitals and private offices of endocrin ologists and specialists in diabetes were surveyed. A total of 252 reg istered cases, 118 boys and 134 girls, for an annual incidences of 2.3 6/100 000 hab.year. which is one of the lowest validated rates in the Americas.