Comprehensive Youth Diabetes Dataset and Interactive Portal

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A team from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has developed the most comprehensive epidemiological dataset for youth diabetes and prediabetes research, derived from extensive National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data collected from 1999 to 2018. The dataset, revealed through the newly launched Prediabetes/diabetes in youth ONline Dashboard (POND), aims to ignite a new wave of research into the escalating issue of diabetes among young people.

The newly compiled dataset integrates data on 15,149 youths residing in the United States, aged 12 to 19, covering a range of variables from sociodemographic backgrounds to health statuses, dietary habits, and other lifestyle behaviors relevant to prediabetes and diabetes (preDM/DM). The POND portal invites researchers, health care professionals, and the public to explore these data, facilitating an understanding of factors that may influence youth diabetes risk.

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