Prevalence of Postprandial Hyperglycemia in Adolescents
A population-based study
- Wendy J. Brickman, MD1,
- Julie S. Holland, MD1 and
- Bernard L. Silverman, MD2
- 1Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
- 2Department of Medical Affairs, Alkermes, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Population-based studies determining the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in adolescents are sparse. Therefore, we designed a feasibility population-based study to detect postprandial hyperglycemia, an early manifestation of diabetes, in adolescents.
The study population consisted of all students taking a mandatory sophomore health class at a suburban Chicago high school during the 1998–1999 school year. Those who returned parental consent, student assent, and a parental questionnaire entered the study. Within 90–120 min of completing a standardized lunch (∼100 g carbohydrate), students had a capillary blood glucose (CBG) exam for acanthosis nigricans (AN), as …
