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Young-onset type 2 diabetes and younger current age: increased susceptibility to retinopathy in contrast to other complications.

Timothy L MiddletonM I ConstantinoL MolyneauxM D'SouzaStephen Morris TwiggT WuD K YueSophia ZoungasJ Wong
Published in: Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association (2020)
After accounting for disease duration and other important confounders, people with type 2 diabetes diagnosed in youth and early adulthood (or with a younger current age) appeared to be inherently more susceptible to retinopathy. For other complications, adjusted risk appears highest in the oldest age of diagnosis group. These data have screening and treatment target implications.
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