Prevalence of type 1 diabetes mellitus in school children 6-18 years old in Diyarbakir, Southeastern Anatolian Region of Turkey

Materials and methods: The number of children with T1DM and the total number of children at the schools were defined in cooperation with the Diyarbakir Provincial Education Directorate. T1DM prevalence was calculated with the obtained data. Results: The number of school children 6-18 years old with T1DM in Diyarbakir was 176; and the total number of school children was 419,526. The prevalence of T1DM was found as 0.42/1000. Of the T1DM patients, 94 (53.4%) were female and 82 (46.6%) were male; the female-to-male ratio was 1.2/1. The prevalence of females (0.47/103) was higher than that of males (0.37/103). It was 0.47/103 in the city center of Diyarbakir, higher than that calculated in the other districts of the city (0.35/103). Conclusion: The defined prevalence of T1DM in school children 6-18 years old in Diyarbakir in the Southeastern Anatolian Region of Turkey is higher than the prevalence reported from Ankara in 1993 and is lower than the prevalence reported from Istanbul in 2009. Results indicated variability in T1DM frequency among regions of Turkey.

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