Association between the incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis or bacillus Calmette-Guerin immunization in children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The correlation between the incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and tuberculosis or bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination rate in individuals aged <15 years was investigated using worldwide data.

Methods

The incidence of T1DM, rate of BCG vaccination, and incidence of tuberculosis were obtained from the Diabetes Atlas 9th edition of the International Diabetes Federation and the Global Health Observatory data repository of the World Health Organization. Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and population data by country were obtained from the World Bank and United Nations, respectively.

Results

GDP per capita negatively correlated with the incidence of tuberculosis and positively correlated with the incidence of T1DM (coefficient=-0.630 and 0.5

SUBMITTER: Park JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10765028 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature