Incidence of new-onset type 1 diabetes during Covid-19 pandemic: A French nationwide population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The association between infection with SARS-CoV-2 and the development of new-onset type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is unclear. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the hospitalization rates for new-onset T1DM and diabetic ketoacidosis at diagnosis, in metropolitan France.

Methods

This nationwide retrospective cohort study included hospital data on all patients aged 1 to 35 years old, hospitalized in France due to onset of T1DM, in 2020 and 2021 compared to 2019.

Results

Apart from a decrease during the lockdown in 2020, the number of hospitalizations due to new-onset T1DM was not significantly different in 2020 and 2021 than it was in 2019. In the regions most affected by Covid-19 and covering 7,995,449 inhabitants aged from

SUBMITTER: Mariet AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9842656 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature