Offspring Of A Parent With T1D May Have An Increased Risk For AD/HD

“Offspring of a parent with diagnosed type 1 diabetes [T1D], particularly a mother with the disease, have an increased risk for” attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD), researchers found after identifying “adults with type 1 diabetes and their 15,615 children from the nationwide Swedish National Hospital Discharge Register and Swedish Outpatient Register linked to the Swedish Multi-Generation Register.” The findings were published in the January issue of Diabetes Care. https://www.healio.com/endocrinology/diabetes/news/in-the-journals/%7B0fe9caaa-3862-4389-aa81-a1df00d020d6%7D/adhd-risk-increases-with-parental-type-1-diabetes-diagnosis