"Children and adolescents diagnosed with COVID-19 are at risk of diagnosis of diabetes up to 3 times"
Oct 15, 2024
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A research team at Case Western Reserve University in the United States recently published the results of this analysis in the American Medical Association journal JAMA Network Open.
The research team analyzed about 600,000 children and adolescents with COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases for three years from 2020.
The results showed that the COVID-19 diagnostic group had a 55% higher risk of being newly diagnosed with diabetes than the other respiratory disease diagnostic groups after 1 month of diagnosis and 48% and 58% higher after 3 months and 6 months, respectively.
In addition, among the COVID-19 diagnostic groups, children and adolescents classified as overweight or obese had a 2.27 times higher risk of new diagnosis of diabetes after 6 months than other respiratory disease groups.
In particular, the severe group hospitalized with COVID-19 showed a 3.10-fold, 2.74-fold, and 2.62-fold higher risk of diabetes diagnosis after 1, 3, and 6 months, respectively, than other respiratory disease groups.
The research team said public health interventions, including vaccines, can reduce the risk of complications or chronic diseases caused by the coronavirus, and further research is needed.
On the other hand, some point out that they are skeptical about this study.
"Parents should not assume that their child will develop diabetes after contracting the coronavirus," said Anandita Pal, a pediatrician in Houston. "Automatic disease is based on each individual's genetic factors and environment, and all other variables."
Reporter Jang Jong-ho bellho@sportschosun.com
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