Over 20% of type 1 diabetes cases diagnosed in the over 40s
By Charles
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United States
March 7, 2014 9:45pm CST
According to National Diabetes Audit shows that of the 8,952 people who were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2011-2012, more than a fifth (2,035) were aged 40 and over when they learned of their condition and of those, more than 500 were aged over 69. It is important that doctors do not rule out the possibility of symptoms being Type 1 just because the person is older. Read the rest at
Thousands of cases of type 1 diabetes are being diagnosed in middle-aged adults, with new figures showing that more than 1 in 5 people with the disease are over the age of 40 at the time of their diagnosis. Data based on analysis from the National Diabetes
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