Early and later onset type 2 diabetes in uninsured patients: clinical and behavioral differences.

Objective: The national burden of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is increasing rapidly. This study investigated a) clinical differences between early onset and later onset T2DM; and b) if specific risk factors were associated with age at diagnosis or clinical outcomes among uninsured adults in a large urban setting.

Methods: We compared 417 adults diagnosed under age 30 with 968 adults diagnosed ages 50-58 on clinical and social measures using standard parametric tests.

Ethnic differences predicting ketonuria in patients with Type 2 diabetes.

Unlabelled: Ketonuria occurs more frequently than ketoacidosis does in patients with Type 2 diabetes and may portend serious future events. We studied the correlates of ketonuria among African American and Hispanic/Latino patients with Type 2 diabetes who did not have ketoacidosis.

Methods: We performed a retrospective cross-sectional study of patients referred for diabetes education from the emergency department or the urgent care clinic of a large, public, urban hospital from 2001 until 2003.