Pediatric Diabetes

Children who develop type 1 diabetes may have biomarkers present in the gut microbiome as early as age 1 year, according to a study published in Diabetologia.

Young children using a hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery system had a greater time in range at 13 weeks compared with those receiving standard care, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Once-daily liraglutide 3 mg as an adjunctive to lifestyle intervention is associated with a reduction in body weight and HbA1c for adolescents with type 1 diabetes and obesity, according to a speaker.

Children with type 1 diabetes who switched from a predictive low-glucose suspend system to automated insulin delivery had improvements in time in range at 1 month that were sustained at 3 months, according to a speaker.

Compared with boys, girls with type 1 diabetes have worse HbA1c, higher BMI and more diabetic ketoacidosis and require higher insulin doses, according to a systematic review published in Diabetologia.

Adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes who primarily attend diabetes clinic visits via telehealth have better overall attendance and less diabetes distress compared with those who attend in person, according to study data.

People with autism are at an increased risk for cardiometabolic diseases, and the risks are even higher among children with autism, according to findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Young children with type 1 diabetes who used an advanced hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery system had a reduction in HbA1c and improvement in time in range from baseline to 12 weeks, according to study data.

Parents of children with type 1 diabetes living in rural areas report unique barriers to health care, including distance from support systems, unreliable technology resources and lack of diabetes understanding in the community, data show.

Children with type 1 diabetes missed nine more school days, on average, per year than children without the disease, according to new research published in Diabetes Care.