Illness characteristics and psychosocial and demographic correlates of illness severity at onset of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus among school-age children*

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To verify empirically the most prevalent physical signs and symptoms of diabetes at onset among school-age children, document the distribution of illness-severity, and examine psychosocial and demographic correlates of initial illness severity, the authors analyzed data on 95 school-age children whose diabetes had been newly diagnosed. The most common presenting symptoms were generally consistent with descriptions in the clinical literature. Only 22% of the children presented with severe illness on admission. Children who lived in single-parent households tended to be more ill on admission than children who lived in two-parent households.

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    Supported by Grant No. DK 25568 from the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases.

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