Children infected with COVID-19 are about 1.5 times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes within six months
An analysis by Case Western Reserve University of approximately 306,000 COVID-19 patients aged 10 to 19 years showed that pediatric patients infected with COVID-19 had a higher risk of developing
SARS-CoV-2 Infection and New-Onset Type 2 Diabetes Among Pediatric Patients, 2020 to 2022 | Infectious Diseases | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network
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COVID-19 linked to type 2 diabetes onset in children
Previous studies have shown that adults with COVID-19 have a 66% higher risk of developing diabetes than those without the disease, and a team of researchers led by Margaret Miller of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is investigating whether a similar pattern exists in children.
The research team analyzed 613,602 pediatric patients aged 10 to 19 years old, divided into two groups: 306,801 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 and 306,801 patients diagnosed with other respiratory infections (ORI).
The analysis found that when comparing the incidence of type 2 diabetes one month, three months, and six months after infection with COVID-19 or ORI, the risk ratio for developing type 2 diabetes after infection with COVID-19 was significantly higher than in patients with ORI.
Specifically, the risk of developing type 2 diabetes was 1.55 times higher at 1 month, 1.48 times higher at 3 months, and 1.58 times higher at 6 months in patients with COVID-19 than in those with ORI. In addition, the risk of developing type 2 diabetes was even higher in children classified as overweight, with 2.07 times higher at 1 month, 2.00 times higher at 3 months, and 2.27 times higher at 6 months.
Based on these results, the research team concluded that COVID-19 infection poses a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes in children than patients infected with ORI.
On the other hand, since the causal relationship between COVID-19 and the development of type 2 diabetes has not been clarified so far, the research team did not clarify whether type 2 diabetes that develops with COVID-19 infection will become chronic or whether it will improve later in life. I did not say.
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