The rise in incidence of pediatric type 2 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic and the virus as a potential causative factor
Aim: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes continues to rise across multiple demographics but there was an especially large increase in incidence during the COVID-19 pandemic. A pre-existing diagnosis of type 2 diabetes is generally associated with more difficulties with viral infections, as seen with C...
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| description | Aim: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes continues to rise across multiple demographics but there was an especially large increase in incidence during the COVID-19 pandemic. A pre-existing diagnosis of type 2 diabetes is generally associated with more difficulties with viral infections, as seen with COVID-19, but it is less clear if a reverse causal association exists between the development of type 2 diabetes and infection with the COVID-19 virus. Our aim was to determine if an association exists between the COVID-19 virus and new diagnoses of pediatric type 2 diabetes. Methods: We examined 130 new patients in our pediatric endocrinology practice diagnosed with type 2 diabetes immediately before and just after the emergence of the pandemic to determine if there was a change in presenting characteristics between these two periods. Results: Our data showed an increase in the incidence of type 2 diabetes (p < 0.0001) and a lower mean presenting age (p = 0.03) during the COVID-19 pandemic without differences in other parameters. Conclusion: We believe these results suggest that the development of type 2 diabetes following COVID-19 infection is due to mechanisms inherent to the virus itself and that younger patients are especially at an increased risk. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-10e1240eb6a340c6907ba712807457a02025-01-31T05:12:36ZengElsevierDiabetes Epidemiology and Management2666-97062025-04-0118100258The rise in incidence of pediatric type 2 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic and the virus as a potential causative factorAndrew Kanouse0Joanna S. Fishbein1Parissa Salemi2Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Cohen Children's Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, USA; Corresponding author.Biostatistics Unit, Office of Academic Affairs, Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY, USADivision of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Cohen Children's Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, USAAim: The prevalence of type 2 diabetes continues to rise across multiple demographics but there was an especially large increase in incidence during the COVID-19 pandemic. A pre-existing diagnosis of type 2 diabetes is generally associated with more difficulties with viral infections, as seen with COVID-19, but it is less clear if a reverse causal association exists between the development of type 2 diabetes and infection with the COVID-19 virus. Our aim was to determine if an association exists between the COVID-19 virus and new diagnoses of pediatric type 2 diabetes. Methods: We examined 130 new patients in our pediatric endocrinology practice diagnosed with type 2 diabetes immediately before and just after the emergence of the pandemic to determine if there was a change in presenting characteristics between these two periods. Results: Our data showed an increase in the incidence of type 2 diabetes (p < 0.0001) and a lower mean presenting age (p = 0.03) during the COVID-19 pandemic without differences in other parameters. Conclusion: We believe these results suggest that the development of type 2 diabetes following COVID-19 infection is due to mechanisms inherent to the virus itself and that younger patients are especially at an increased risk.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666970625000071Type 2 diabetesCOVID-19PandemicHbA1cSARS-CoV-2Pediatric Diabetes |
| spellingShingle | Andrew Kanouse Joanna S. Fishbein Parissa Salemi The rise in incidence of pediatric type 2 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic and the virus as a potential causative factor Diabetes Epidemiology and Management Type 2 diabetes COVID-19 Pandemic HbA1c SARS-CoV-2 Pediatric Diabetes |
| title | The rise in incidence of pediatric type 2 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic and the virus as a potential causative factor |
| title_full | The rise in incidence of pediatric type 2 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic and the virus as a potential causative factor |
| title_fullStr | The rise in incidence of pediatric type 2 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic and the virus as a potential causative factor |
| title_full_unstemmed | The rise in incidence of pediatric type 2 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic and the virus as a potential causative factor |
| title_short | The rise in incidence of pediatric type 2 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic and the virus as a potential causative factor |
| title_sort | rise in incidence of pediatric type 2 diabetes during the covid 19 pandemic and the virus as a potential causative factor |
| topic | Type 2 diabetes COVID-19 Pandemic HbA1c SARS-CoV-2 Pediatric Diabetes |
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