C. Kamrath, M. Sindichakis, M. Auzanneau, S. Schmid, H. Segerer, V. Lahn, S. Golembowsky, D. Roessner-Cold, K. Rauh, U. Manuwald, et al. (2024). Association of Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Childhood New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes With Day of Presentation in Germany. Diabetes care, 47(4), 649-652. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc23-1643

PubMed 38128074

[Abstract]
OBJECTIVE: Whether the day of the week on which the child presents affects timely diagnosis and risk of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in children with new-onset type 1 diabetes (T1D) is not known.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We used data of 30,717 children with new-onset T1D during the last 10 years from the German Prospective Diabetes Registry. We determined the odds ratios of T1D diagnosis and DKA on a weekday, public holiday, and school vacation.

RESULTS: Compared with workdays, the odds ratios of being diagnosed with T1D were lower on weekends (0.39 [95% CI, 0.38-0.41]), public holidays (0.57 [0.53-0.63]), and school vacations (0.83 [0.80-0.85]). The odds of DKA diagnosis were also reduced on weekends (0.55 [0.52-0.59]), public holidays (0.73 [0.63-0.84]), and school vacations (0.85 [0.80-0.90]). Results did not change during the coronavirus 2019 pandemic.

CONCLUSIONS: New-onset T1D and DKA in children are more often diagnosed during weekdays than weekends and holidays.