ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: The prevalence of paediatric Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is increasing, contributed by rising incidence of obesity worldwide. Paediatric T2DM is a progressive disease with increased risk of complications and morbidities. Despite recent research, many aspects such as its pathophysiology and optimal management remain unknown.Aim: To characterise the cohort of T2DM patients across 2 large tertiary paediatric diabet...

Background and Aims: Children with Down's syndrome (DS) are at increased risk of autoimmune conditions including type 1 diabetes (T1D), coeliac and thyroid disease. We previously examined the clinical and immunogenetic characteristics of these conditions in children with DS. An earlier age-of-onset of diabetes was observed compared with children with T1D from the general population despite having decreased frequencies of the established genetic susceptibil...