Heterogenous long-term health and social outcomes of type 1 diabetes: a full population 30-year observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is known to have adverse long-term health and social outcomes, but the modifying factors are largely unknown. We investigate to what extent T1D outcomes are modified by area-, household-, and individual-level social and economic characteristics in Finland. National registers from 1987 to 2020 were used to identify all 3048 children with T1D diagnosed at ages 7-17 years and matched controls (n = 78 883). Using causal forests, we estimated the average association between T1D and adult health, social, and economic outcomes at ages 28-30 years, and the modifying roles of more than 30 covariates. Individuals with T1D were more likely to be deceased (2.3% vs 0.9% in the control group), to use antidepressants (17% vs 13%), and to be unpartnered (36% vs 32%), and had more mon

SUBMITTER: Hiilamo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12780756 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature