Characterizing adults with Type 2 diabetes mellitus and intellectual disability: outcomes of a case-finding study.
Louise D BryantA M RussellR E A WalwynA J FarrinA Wright-HughesE H GrahamD NagiA StansfieldJ BirtwistleS MeerR A AjjanA O HousePublished in: Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association (2017)
We found high obesity and low physical activity levels in people with intellectual disability and Type 2 diabetes. Glycaemic control was no worse than in the general Type 2 diabetes population. Increased risk of morbidity in this population is less likely to be attributable to poor glycaemic control and is probably related, at least in part, to greater prevalence of obesity and inactivity. More research, focused on weight management and increasing activity in this population, is warranted.