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Mashup Score: 60Cumulative exposure to hypertriglyceridemia and risk of type 2 diabetes in young adults - 3 month(s) ago
Young-onset type 2 diabetes, which refers to the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in individuals under the age of 40, is increasingly prevalent worldwide [1]. According to the Diabetes Fact Sheet in Korea, approximately 16.7 % of Korean adults aged 30 years or older had diabetes in 2020 [2]. Notably, a national cohort study in Korea revealed an increasing proportion of diagnosed cases among individuals aged 20 to 39 years, while the incidence of diabetes has been decreasing in those over 60 [3]. Furthermore, a pooled analysis ofnational health surveys showed thatthe mean age of type 2 diabetes diagnosis is 45 years, with one in 10 new patients being diagnosed at the age of 29–30 [4].
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