Trends and risk factors of diabetes and prediabetes in US adolescents, 1999–2020
Authors' conclusion
The prevalence of prediabetes among adolescents in the US has more than tripled from 1999 to 2020. Obese adolescents are at the greatest risk for diabetes and prediabetes.
Study context
- Population
- US adolescents aged 12 to 19 years, National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) 1999–2020
- Participants
- 6,936 adolescents
- Exposure
- Survey periods 1999-2002 vs 2015-2020
- Outcome
- Prevalence of diabetes (diagnosed: self-reported physician diagnosis; undiagnosed: FPG and HbA1c) and prediabetes (FPG and HbA1c)
Methodological detailsnationally representative survey (NHANES)
- Nationally representative survey (NHANES)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Prevalence of prediabetes
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Prevalence of diabetes · increase not statistically significant
P = 0.69
Diagnosed
Undiagnosed
Risk factors (logistic regression)
- Obesity significantly associated with higher odds of diabetes and prediabetes
- Boys and Mexican Americans had significantly higher risk of prediabetes than their counterparts
Original publication
Trends and risk factors of diabetes and prediabetes in US adolescents, 1999–2020. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. Published 17 November 2023. doi:10.
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