The incidence of type 2 diabetes in youth has risen dramatically in the past 20 years. The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study showed that the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in youth (10-19 years) more than doubled between 2002 and 2018 with an annual increase in cases of 5.3% per year.
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is only included in the cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction model as a dichotomous factor, such as having diabetes or not, or is only considered based on the presence or absence of target organ damage in DM. However, not every person with DM experiences the same risk of CVD.