Increasing incidence of type 2 diabetes in Indigenous and non-Indigenous children in Western Australia, 1990-2012

Med J Aust. 2016 May 2;204(8):303. doi: 10.5694/mja15.00958.

Authors

Aveni Haynes¹, Rachelle Kalic², Matthew Cooper², Jacqueline K Hewitt³, Elizabeth Ann Davis²

Affiliations

¹ Diabetes Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA aveni.haynes@health.wa.gov.au.
² Diabetes Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA.
³ Monash Children's Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.

PMID: 27125801
DOI: 10.5694/mja15.00958

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Body Mass Index
Child
Comorbidity
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / diagnosis*
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / epidemiology*
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Medical Indigency / statistics & numerical data*
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander / statistics & numerical data*
Pediatric Obesity / epidemiology
Risk Factors
Rural Population / statistics & numerical data
Urban Population / statistics & numerical data
Western Australia