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COVID-19 Ups Diabetes Risk in Kids: Study

A large retrospective study of over 600,000 pediatric patients found children diagnosed with COVID-19 had a 58% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes within 6 months compared to those with other respiratory infections.

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    Children diagnosed with COVID-19 had a relative risk of 1.58 for developing type 2 diabetes within 6 months.

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    The risk was more pronounced in children with overweight/obesity and those hospitalized for COVID-

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    The study used data from the TriNetX platform.

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    Absolute risk increase was noted to be a modest 4.8 per 10,000 in the general population.

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    This study underscores the importance of monitoring pediatric diabetes outcomes as the pandemic progresses.

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COVID-19 Ups Diabetes Risk in Kids: Study

A large retrospective study of over 600,000 pediatric patients found children diagnosed with COVID-19 had a 58% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes within 6 months compared to those with other respiratory infections.

  • by Kerri Miller

  • October 14, 2024

  • 2 min

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