Shazhan Amed

Dr. Shazhan Amed


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Academic Career Length

19Years (2008-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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12 January 2010 in Diabetes Care
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SAShazhan Amed
Shazhan Amed
HDHeather J. Dean
Heather J. Dean
CPConstadina Panagiotopoulos
Constadina Panagiotopoulos
ESElizabeth A.C. Sellers
Elizabeth A.C. Sellers
SHStasia Hadjiyannakis
Stasia Hadjiyannakis
JHJill K. Hamilton
Jill K. Hamilton
OBJECTIVE: To determine in Canadian children aged <18 years the 1) incidence of type 2 diabetes, medication-induced diabetes, and monogenic diabetes; 2) clinical features of type 2 diabetes; and 3) coexisting morbidity associated with type 2 diabetes at diagnosis. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: This Canadian prospective national surveillance study involved a network of pediatricians, pediatric endocrinologists, family physicians, and adult endocrinologists. Incidence rates were calculated using Canadian Census population data. Descriptive statistics were used to illustrate demographic and clinical features. RESULTS: From a population of 7.3 million children, 345 cases of non–type 1 diabetes were reported. The observed minimum incidence rates of type 2, medication-induced, and monogenic diabetes were 1.54, 0.4, and 0.2 cases per 100,000 children aged <18 years per year, respectively. On average, children with type 2 diabetes were aged 13.7 years and 8% (19 of 227) presented before 10 years. Ethnic minorities were overrepresented, but 25% (57 of 227) of children with type 2 diabetes were Caucasian. Of children with type 2 diabetes, 95% (206 of 216) were obese and 37% (43 of 115) had at least one comorbidity at diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first prospective national surveillance study in Canada to report the incidence of type 2 diabetes in children and also the first in the world to report the incidence of medication-induced and monogenic diabetes. Rates of type 2 diabetes were higher than expected with important regional variation. These results support recommendations that screening for comorbidity should occur at diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.

1 April 2014 in The Journal of Pediatrics
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KKKarine Khatchadourian
Karine Khatchadourian
SAShazhan Amed
Shazhan Amed
DMDaniel L. Metzger
Daniel L. Metzger

31 August 2017 in Pediatric Diabetes
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DFDanya A Fox
Danya A Fox
NINazrul Islam
Nazrul Islam
JSJenny Sutherland
Jenny Sutherland
KRKim Reimer
Kim Reimer
SAShazhan Amed
Shazhan Amed

1 October 2016 in Canadian Journal of Diabetes
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SAShazhan Amed
Shazhan Amed
RORichard Oram
Richard Oram

16 May 2018 in Obesity Reviews
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DKD. Karacabeyli
D. Karacabeyli
SAS. Allender
S. Allender
SPS. Pinkney
S. Pinkney
SAShazhan Amed
Shazhan Amed

1 August 2013 in The Journal of Pediatrics
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SAShazhan Amed
Shazhan Amed
KNKimberly Nuernberger
Kimberly Nuernberger
PMPatrick McCrea
Patrick McCrea
KRKim Reimer
Kim Reimer
HKHans Krueger
Hans Krueger
JCJean-Paul Collet
Jean-Paul Collet