Dr. Sandeep Tak. MD

  Early-Onset Type 2 Diabetes, and Mood, Anxiety, and Stress-Related Disorders   Prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) has been on rise for decades, and so is trend for patients getting it at younger age. The earlier onset of T2D is more challenging for patients as well as healthcare providers. The prevalence of psychiatric disorder  is known to be higher in T2D subjects however, its prevalence in early-onset T2D is not well studied. Also T2D and psychiatric illnesses are know to cluster in family and close relatives.   In an interesting population-based cohort study  done by Liu et al 1, that  included individuals born in Sweden during 1968–1998. They identified pairs of full siblings, half-siblings, cousins and obtained information on diagnoses of early-onset T2D (< 45 years age) and mood disorders ( unipolar depression/ bipolar disorder), anxiety, and stress-related disorders from the National Patient Register.    In this study over 3 million persons were studied and 0.3% with  ear

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