Faster development of Type 1 Diabetes observed in young people before showing symptoms during the pandemic.

Study finds accelerated progression to clinical type 1 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic in presymptomatic youth.

Youth with presymptomatic type 1 diabetes experienced accelerated progression to clinical disease during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Those with COVID-19 infection were especially at risk for the accelerated progression to clinical diabetes.
Data from 591 youth were analyzed, with 509 included in the follow-up study.
The incidence rate of developing clinical type 1 diabetes was higher during the pandemic period compared to the prepandemic period.
The findings suggest that viral infections, such as COVID-19, may accelerate the progression of type 1 diabetes in children with presymptomatic diabetes.

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