NON AUTOIMMUNE FORMS OF DIABETES IN CHILDREN AND TEENS: NEW ANSWERS IN QUESTIONS OF RISK FACTORS AND DIAGNOSTICS

Abstract

At the moment, despite the higher incidence of type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents, according to the literature, the prevalence of non autoimmune forms of diabetes, which represents a serious problem in contemporary pediatrics, is steadily increasing. In this article some issues of epidemiology and little known risk factors, some new methods of diagnostics for type 2 diabetes and MODY in children and adolescents are discussed. Analysis of literature sources has shown that passive smoking, maternal diseases, hyperandrogenism in girls, premature puberty in boys and other risk factors can predispose to non autoimmune forms of diabetes, and such approaches as dermatoglyphics, lipid profile analysis, determination of apolipoprotein M, lithostatin, and others can be used in diagnostics. Thus, the problem of non autoimmune diabetes in children is extremely actual, and approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of such forms are being developed at the moment.