Risk Of Developing Additional Autoimmune Conditions Rises With Age At Onset Of T1D, Research Suggests.

reports that research suggests “the risk of developing 1 or more additional autoimmune conditions rises with age at onset of type 1 diabetes, particularly among women who develop diabetes in adulthood.” In the study of more than 1,100 adults with type 1 diabetes, investigators found that “the mean age of type 1 diabetes onset was 20.1 years for those without other autoimmune conditions compared with 23.3 years for those with 1 or more other autoimmune conditions.” Meanwhile, “the mean age of type 1 diabetes onset rose with the number of subsequent autoimmune diagnoses, up to 32.3 years for those with 4 or more autoimmune conditions.” The findings were presented at ENDO 2018: The Endocrine Society Annual Meeting.