Symptoms and Glycemic Control in Young People With Type 1 Diabetes Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection : An Observational Study

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CONTEXT: Data is needed regarding the effect of SARS-CoV-19 infection on young people with established type 1 diabetes. Identifying the disease outcomes, short and long-term sequelae may help to establish an evidence-based prevention and education policy for sick days management and DKA prevention.

OBJECTIVE: This work aims to describe clinical manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children, adolescents, and young adults with established type 1 diabetes (T1D) and explore the effects of COVID-19 on glycemic control and disease course.

METHODS: An observational study was conducted at 3 pediatric diabetes clinics in Israel between mid-March 2020 and mid-March 2021. Included were young people with established T1D, age younger than 30 years, who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 (quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction). Data were collected from medical files, diabetes devices, and COVID-19 questionnaire. Outcome measures were analyzed by the presence/absence of clinical symptoms (symptomatic/asymptomatic) and by age group (pediatric, < 19 years/young adults, 19-30 years).

RESULTS: Of 132 patients, mean age 16.9 ± 5.3years, with COVID-19-confirmed infection, 103 (78%) had related symptoms; the most common were headaches, fatigue, fever, and loss of sense of smell. All had a mild disease course, but 4 required hospitalization and 2 cases were directly related to COVID-19 infection (pleuropneumonia in a patient with immunodeficiency syndrome, 1 case of diabetic ketoacidosis). Logistic regression analysis showed that age (odds ratio [OR] = 1.11; 95% CI, 1.01-1.23; P = .033), elevated glucose levels (OR = 5.23; 95% CI, 1.12-24.41; P = .035), and comorbidities (OR = 8.21; 95% CI, 1.00-67.51; P = .050) were positively associated with symptomatic infection. Persistent symptoms occurred in 16.5% of the cohort over a median of 6.7 months; age (OR = 1.14; 95% CI, 1.01-1.29; P = .030) and elevated glucose levels (OR = 3.42; 95% CI, 1.12-10.40; P = .031) were positively associated with persistent symptoms. Usually, no change was reported in glucose levels (64%) except for a temporary deterioration in glycemic control during the short infection period.

CONCLUSION: Young people with established T1D experience mild COVID-19 infection. Elevated glucose levels during COVID-19 infection and older age were associated with prolonged disease course.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:107

Enthalten in:

The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 107(2022), 8 vom: 14. Juli, Seite e3264-e3272

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nimri, Revital [VerfasserIn]
Rachmiel, Marianna [VerfasserIn]
Yackobovitch-Gavan, Michal [VerfasserIn]
Brener, Avivit [VerfasserIn]
de Vries, Liat [VerfasserIn]
Fisch Shvalb, Naama [VerfasserIn]
Lazar, Liora [VerfasserIn]
Oren, Asaf [VerfasserIn]
Jacobi-Polishook, Talia [VerfasserIn]
Shefer Averbuch, Noa [VerfasserIn]
Tenenbaum, Ariel [VerfasserIn]
Mel, Eran [VerfasserIn]
Krepel Volsky, Sari [VerfasserIn]
Mouler, Marie [VerfasserIn]
Demol, Sharon [VerfasserIn]
Shalitin, Shlomit [VerfasserIn]
Bello, Rachel [VerfasserIn]
Phillip, Moshe [VerfasserIn]
Lebenthal, Yael [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Asymptomatic infection
COVID-19
DKA
Glucose
IY9XDZ35W2
Journal Article
Observational Study
Pediatric
SARS-CoV-2 infection
Type 1 diabetes

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Date Completed 18.07.2022

Date Revised 28.07.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1210/clinem/dgac288

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM340532262