Researchers examine prevalence of DPN among youths with diabetes

Seven percent of young type 1 diabetes patients and 22% of young type 2 diabetes patients had diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and the risk of DPN was associated with glycemic control in patients with type 1 diabetes, but not among those with type 2 diabetes, according to a study in Diabetes Care. Researchers used a cohort of 1,992 youths with diabetes and found that there was an almost twofold increase in the prevalence of DPN with every 5-year increase in diabetes duration in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes patients.