Unlabelled: International incidence rates (IRs) and trends of childhood type 1 diabetes (T1D) vary. Recent data from Ireland and other high incidence countries suggested a stabilisation in IRs of T1D in children aged under 15 years. Our primary objective was to report the IR of T1D in children in Ireland from 2019 to 2021 and evaluate if age, sex and season of diagnosis had changed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: The Irish Childhood Diabetes National Register (ICDNR) was established in 2008 to define accurately the incidence and monitor the epidemiology of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in the Irish population. Here, we report data from the first 6 years of the National Register and compare with previous national data. Prospective national incident data regarding T1D in those under 15 years resident in Ireland were collected from 2008 to 2013 and national incidence rates (IRs) calculated.
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