hrp0098p2-80 | Diabetes and Insulin | ESPE2024

Influence of SARS-COV-2 virus on initial manifestation of type 1 diabetes in children: national data from latvia

Braivo Lizete , Lavrenova Alona , Lauga-Tunina Una , Pavare Jana , Dzivite-Krisane Iveta

Objectives: Latvia has experienced significant rise in new-onset type 1 diabetes (T1D) cases in children during COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2022, similarly to other countries. In addition, it was recognized that children during pandemic tended to have more severe initial manifestation than it was before pandemic. There have been several theories and studies so far mostly based on patient division in pre-pandemic and pandemic cases. Our aimwas to analyse, wh...