A recently concluded study has revealed that during the initial 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, a higher number of minors in Finland than usual were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The research findings indicate that the cause of this increase was not the virus itself, but rather changes in envi
A study conducted by the University of Helsinki identified a 16% increase in type 1 diabetes among Finnish children during the first 18 months of the pandemic. However, this increase was not attributed to the coronavirus but rather altered environmental factors due to societal lockdowns and social isolation.pandemic, a higher number of minors in Finland than usual were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
According to the study, the incidence of type 1 diabetes increased in children in Finland by 16% in the first 18 months of the pandemic. However, very few children or adolescents who developed type 1 diabetes had SARS-CoV-2 antibodies indicating past infection. “According to what is known as the biodiversity hypothesis, microbial exposure and infections in early childhood can boost the protection against autoimmune diseases. The reduction in contacts in connection with the societal lockdown significantly reduced acute infections in children, which may have increased the risk of developing diabetes,” Knip explains.
“The matter must be investigated further to find out what has happened to the incidence of type 1 diabetes since the lifting of the lockdown in summer 2021 and the subsequent increase in the number of coronavirus infections in the population,” Professor Vapalahti notes.“The study was based on data from the Finnish Pediatric Diabetes Register,” says Mikael Knip, the Principal Investigator in charge of the register.
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