Spatiotemporal associations between incidence of type 1 diabetes and COVID-19 vaccination rates in children in Germany – a population-based ecological study
This study found no significant associations between childhood COVID-19 vaccination rates and the subsequent incidence of type 1 diabetes over the next 12 months. Further research is needed to investigate the relationship in younger children.
Authors
- Katharina Warncke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1758-7656)
- Daniela Klose
- Reinhard W. Holl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1395-4842)
- Joachim Rosenbauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6086-2230)
- Sarah Lignitz
- Axel Dost (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2994-6513)
- Alexander J. Eckert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1239-3078)
- Clemens Kamrath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8241-4105)
- Karina Grohmann‐Held (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4653-9082)
- Nikolas Hillenbrand
Institutions
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- Zimmer Biomet (Netherlands) (NL)
- Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- Universitätsmedizin Greifswald (DE)
- University Medical Center Freiburg (DE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- München Klinik Schwabing (DE)
- University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (DE)
- Jena University Hospital (DE)
- Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum e.V. (DE)
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DE)
- Technische Hochschule Ulm (DE)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
- Heidelberg University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Published
- 2025-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1515/jpem-2025-0189
- Primary Topic
- Diabetes and associated disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00