Covid-19: Progression to clinical type 1 diabetes accelerated after infection, study suggests

The covid pandemic has been linked to quicker progression to clinical disease in young people with presymptomatic type 1 diabetes. This accelerated progression was confined to people who had a confirmed covid infection, German researchers said in a research letter in JAMA.1A rise since covid began in the number of diagnoses of type 1 diabetes in children and teenagers had previously been reported, but some of this could be attributed to backlogs and delays when health services were shut.Between February 2015 and October 2023 a total of 591 young people aged 1 to 16 years with presymptomatic type 1 diabetes (confirmed positive results for two or more islet autoantibodies) were identified as part of Germany’s FrIda screening programme. The young people were asked to participate in a follow-up programme to monitor their progression to clinical disease at three to six month intervals. Parents were asked to report any covid infection,…
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