Journal of diabetes and its complications
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J. Diabetes Complicat. · Jun 2017
Younger-onset versus older-onset type 2 diabetes: Clinical profile and complications.
To compare the clinical profile and complications between younger and older onset type 2 diabetes (T2DM) patients at a tertiary care diabetes center in south India. ⋯ Younger onset T2DM patients have worse glycemic and lipid control, and higher prevalence of retinopathy compared to older onset T2DM patients. This underscores the need for more aggressive metabolic control in young-onset T2DM.