Age and sex mark clinical differences in the presentation of pediatric type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Objectives: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) is a heterogeneous condition. We aimed to study the associations between age and sex with clinical characteristics at the onset of pediatric T1D.

Methods: A secondary analysis was conducted on data collected retrospectively from 706 children newly diagnosed with T1D at a large tertiary hospital in southeastern USA.