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CDC: COVID may up risk of diabetes in children, Observer Online Desk
Children who have recovered from COVID-19 appear to be at significantly increased risk of developing Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.
A heightened risk of diabetes has already been seen among adults who recovered from COVID, according to some studies. Researchers in Europe have reported an increase in the number of children being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes since the pandemic started, reports The New York Times.
But the CDC study is among the first to examine large insurance claim databases in the United States to estimate the prevalence of new diabetes diagnoses in children younger than 18 who had COVID or were known to be infected with the coronavirus.
The study used two claim databases from US health plans to look at diabetes diagnoses made in people under 18 over the course of a year or more, starting in March 1, 2020, comparing those who had COVID with those who did not.
The researchers found increases in diabetes in both data sets, although the relative rates were quite different: They found a 2.6-fold increase in new diabetes cases among children in one and a 30% increase in another.