Impact of COVID-19 on new-onset type 1 diabetes mellitus - A one-year prospective study.
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci
; 25(19): 5928-5935, 2021 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1478934
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
A positive relationship between the recently emerged Corona Virus Disease-19 (COVID-19) and diabetes has been inferred, but not confirmed, in children. The aim of the present study was to investigate the possible impact of COVID-19 on new-onset Type-1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) in a pediatric population. PATIENTS ANDMETHODS:
This is a prospective study of all children and adolescents diagnosed with T1DM during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic (March 2020-February 2021) in Western Greece (population coverage ≈1,000,000). The incidence and severity of T1DM, the age and sex of the participants and HbA1c and c-peptide concentrations at diagnosis were recorded and compared to those of the previous year (pre-COVID-19 year).RESULTS:
21 children aged 8.03±0.90 years old were diagnosed with T1DM in the COVID-19 year and 17, aged 9.44±3.72 years old, in the pre-COVID-19 year. A different seasonality pattern of new onsets was observed during the COVID-19 year compared to the previous year, with increasing trend from spring to winter (spring 9.5% vs. 23.5%, autumn 23.8% vs. 29.4%, summer 19% vs. 11.8%, winter 47.6% vs. 35.3%). Also, compared to the preceding year, HbA1c was significantly higher (p=0.012) and the incidence and severity of diabetic ketoacidosis greater (p=0.045, p=0.013, respectively).CONCLUSIONS:
This is the first study to report a different seasonality pattern and increased severity of new-onset T1DM during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Future research should further investigate the possible role of SARS-CoV-2 and the different pattern of overall infection incidence during the COVID-19 year.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci
Journal subject:
Pharmacology
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Toxicology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Eurrev_202110_26869
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