Diabetes Care for Emerging Adults: Recommendations for Transition From Pediatric to Adult Diabetes Care Systems: A position statement of the American Diabetes Association, with representation by the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the American Osteopathic Association, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Children with Diabetes, The Endocrine Society, the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, the National Diabetes Education Program, and the Pediatric Endocrine Society (formerly Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society)

Anne Peters; Lori Laffel; the American Diabetes Association Transitions Working Group*

doi:10.2337/dc11-1723

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Diabetes Care for Emerging Adults: Recommendations for Transition From Pediatric to Adult Diabetes Care Systems

A position statement of the American Diabetes Association, with representation by the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the American Osteopathic Association, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Children with Diabetes, The Endocrine Society, the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, the National Diabetes Education Program, and the Pediatric Endocrine Society (formerly Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society)

Anne Peters, MD, CDE¹,
Lori Laffel, MD, MPH² and
the American Diabetes Association Transitions Working Group*

From the ¹University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California; and the
²Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Corresponding author: Lori Laffel, lori.laffel{at}joslin.harvard.edu.

Diabetes Care 2011 Nov; 34(11): 2477-2485. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc11-1723

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Table 1

ADA evidence grading system

A: Clear or supportive evidence from well-conducted randomized controlled trials or meta-analyses that incorporated quality ratings

B: Supportive evidence from well-conducted cohort or observational studies

C: Supportive evidence from poorly controlled or uncontrolled studies, or conflicting evidence with the weight of evidence supporting the recommendation

E: Expert consensus or clinical experience