Examination of Trends in Diabetes Incidence Among Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada, From March 2020 to September 2021
Rayzel Shulman, Eyal Cohen, Thérèse A. Stukel, Christina Diong, Astrid Guttmann
Abstract
lower power; thus, we cannot rule out a 1.3-fold increase in RRs. An advantage of our study is that we report monthly variations in post-COVID-19 diabetes incidence showing a decline then an increase in rates, suggesting possible delays in diabetes diagnosis for children early in the pandemic with a catch-up effect. Although we are unable to differentiate type 1 and 2 diabetes, 95% of children with diabetes in Ontario have type 1. Given the variability in monthly RRs, additional population-based, longer-term data are needed to examine the direct and indirect effects of COVID-19 and diabetes risk among children.
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