Children & Young Adults With Down Syndrome Four Times More Likely To Have Diabetes

The incidence of any type of diabetes among children and young people with Down Syndrome is up to four times higher than incidence among the general population. A contributing factor is that people with Down Syndrome have a higher body mass index (BMI) at younger ages than the general population.

Among nearly 10,000 people with Down Syndrome, the incidence of type 1 diabetes was 0.44 per 1,000 people, compared to 0.13 per 1,000 people in a control group of more than 38,000 people without Down Syndrome. Children aged five to 14 with Down Syndrome . . .