Link Found Between Gender Dysphoria and Type 1 Diabetes
Youth with gender dysphoria may be at increased risk for developing type 1 diabetes, a new observational study showed.
The study of more than 2000 people aged 10 to 21 years at a single institution, published online November 22 in Pediatrics Diabetes by Santhi N. Logel, MD, and colleagues.
The prevalence of type 1 diabetes among youth with gender dysphoria staggering nine times higher than in those without it.
The prevalence of type 1 diabetes and youth identify as transgender, nonbinary, or broad gender / does not…