Adult Complications of Childhood-Onset Type 1 Diabetes Vary With Age at Diagnosis: A Population-Based Study

OBJECTIVE To examine incidence of long-term complications among people with childhood-onset type 1 diabetes, focusing on age at diabetes onset. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A registry of children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes aged RESULTS Of 5,202 people identified, 1,694 (32.6%) were diagnosed at age CONCLUSIONS Children with type 1 diabetes onset at age <7 years had lower chronic complication risk in the first 20 years postdiagnosis, supporting a slower time to develop complications with prepubertal onset.