Isolated Glucosuria in Adolescence and Early-Onset Diabetes: A Nationwide Cohort Study of 1.6 Million Adolescents

Adi Vinograd, Tsahi T. Lerman, Orit Pinhas-Hamiel, Aya Bardugo, Cole D. Bendor, Estela Derazne, Josef Coresh, Ofir Vinograd, Miri Lutski, Inbar Zucker, Michal Bromberg, Tamar Fishman, Gabriel Chodick, Hertzel C. Gerstein, Tali Cukierman-Yaffe, Asaf Vivante, Adi Leiba, Arnon Afek, Amir Tirosh, Boris FishmanGilad Twig

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: We assess diabetes risk in adulthood among adolescents with isolated glucosuria. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Included were adolescents (16-19 years) examined before military service between 1993 and 2015. Data were linked with the Israeli National Diabetes Registry. Glucosuria was confirmed following normal renal function and glucose tolerance tests. Cox models were applied. RESULTS: The study included 1,611,467 adolescents, of whom 755 (0.05%) had glucosuria. The latter group had a higher proportion of males (75% vs. 57%) and a lower proportion of BMI ≥ 85th percentile (10.4% vs. 16.3%) compared with nonglucosuric (all P < 0.001). During follow-up, 10,328 diabetes cases were recorded with an incidence rate of 87.5 and 43.3 per 100,000 person-years for those with versus without glucosuria, respectively. Individuals with glucosuria had an adjusted hazard ratio of 2.17 (95% CI, 1.17-4.04) for diabetes. CONCLUSIONS: Glucosuria in adolescents is associated with an increased risk of early-onset diabetes.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)763-767
Number of pages5
JournalDiabetes Care
Volume48
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2025

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Internal Medicine
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Advanced and Specialised Nursing

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