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• Brittle diabetes is a small but significant problem, affecting 1/1000 diabetic patients and about 3 /1000 insulin dependent diabetes.
• It mainly affects young people (mean age 26±15 years) with a second frequency peak around 60-70 years.
• Two thirds of affected patients are female
• shorter duration of diabetes than stable controls (13±9  vs. 19±11 years) associated with higher HbA1c levels and greater insulin requirements.