Type 2 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents

Table 1 Comparison between Caucasian and non-Caucasian children and adolescents with type 2 diabetes mellitus

	Caucasian	Non-Caucasian
Mean age at onset in years	14	12
Gender	Female > male	Female > male
Clinical manifestation	50% asymptomatic	33% asymptomatic
	4% ketoacidosis	5%-25% ketoacidosis
Obese	90%	90%
Acanthosis nigricans	50%	90%
1st - and 2nd - degree relatives with type 2 diabetes mellitus mellitus	83%	74%-100%

Table adapted from Reference [3].