Increased incidence of childhood type 1 diabetes during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Figures from an Italian tertiary care center

Highlights: In 2021 as a whole we report an increase (22% to 35%) in incidence of type 1 diabetes compared to the years 2017 to 2020. A peak of incidence in the last 4 months of 2021, when the “fourth wave” of COVID‐19 peaked in Italy, has been observed. In the last quarter of 2021 there was a signi...

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Autores principales: Schiaffini, Riccardo, Deodati, Annalisa, Rapini, Novella, Pampanini, Valentina, Cianfarani, Stefano
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 2022
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Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9426276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35916392
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-0407.13298
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Sumario:Highlights: In 2021 as a whole we report an increase (22% to 35%) in incidence of type 1 diabetes compared to the years 2017 to 2020. A peak of incidence in the last 4 months of 2021, when the “fourth wave” of COVID‐19 peaked in Italy, has been observed. In the last quarter of 2021 there was a significant increased type 1 diabetes incidence in the age group under 12 years. We speculate that SARS‐CoV‐2 infection may have had an impact on type 1 diabetes incidence in children, especially in age groups not protected by vaccination.

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