Open Access Journal of Disease and Global Health(OAJDGH)

Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

Publications

• Editorial   
  Is Type 1 Diabetes a Post-Acute Sequela of COVID-19?
  Author(s): Twinkle Trehan, Neha Bajaj, Ananya Sri Talanki and Thirunavukkarasu Sathish*
  
  Type 1 diabetes is a global health problem [1], as is the corona- virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) [2]. Whether new-onset type 1 diabetes is a consequence of COVID-19 has been a subject of considerable debate within the medical community [2, 3]. In a recent meta-analysis, epidemiological data from seven cohorts across six studies involving over 11 million children and adoles- cents were synthesized [4]. The analysis showed that the risk of developing type 1 diabetes was 42% higher among long-COVID patients than those without COVID-19 (risk ratio: 1.42, 95% CI 1.13, 1.77) [4]. Notably, most cohorts (5 out of 7) showed a pos- itive association. The risk ratios from all four U.S. cohorts and the Norway cohort were significant and greater than one, while those from the Scotland and Denmark cohorts were less than one and non-significant. Variations in study results could be attribut- ed to di.. Read More»
  

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