Journal of Diabetes (Sep 2022)

Commentary on CDC data showing an increased risk for pediatric diabetes with COVID‐19 infection

  • Jasmine Gujral,
  • William Tamborlane,
  • Laura Nally

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-0407.13311
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 9
pp. 630 – 632

Abstract

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Highlights We question certain aspects of the recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (January 2022) showing a significant increase in the incidence of diabetes in children after COVID‐19 infection. We are concerned at the source of data being limited to commercial health insurances and lack of factoring race, ethnicity, social determinants of health, body mass index, type of diabetes, and viral variants in the interpretation of these data.