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The Following is a summary of “Did Smoking Behavior Change in Adolescents and Young Adults with and Without Diabetes During the Covid-19 Pandemic? BMC Pediatrics by Warncke et al.
SMOKING CARDIOVASCULAR RAISES RISK AND TORSENS COVID-19; This Study Compred Smoking in Young People with Diabetes and the General Population.
Researchers Drive the Retrospective Study Comparing Smoking Habits in Young People with Diabetes and the General Population.
They Analyzed Smoking Behavior in the DPV Cohort (T1D, T2D: Germany; T1D: Austria) AGED 14–24 Years, Comparing It to Debra Survey Date. DATA WERE AGGREGATED PER YEAR AND PATENT (2016–2023) WITH LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS ADJUSTED FOR GENDER AND MIGRATION BACKGRAND, STRATIFIED BY AGE (14–17; 18–24 YEARS), CONSIDERING REPEATED MASAASURES. Smoking Behavior Between T1D and T2D or Beteen Germany and Austria Was Compreded Using similar regression models.
The Results Showed That 34,275 DPV Patients Were Analyzed. Smoking Was Lower in DPV Than in the General Population (13.4% vs. 24.0%), except for Young Adults with T2D at the Start of the Pandemic (36.7% vs. 33.4%). For t1D, smoking increased in ages 14–17 (2.86% per year, CI 1.21–4.55, P<0.001) and 18–24 (4.94% per year, CI 1.37–8.63, P<0.01) From 2016–2023. Smoking was Higher in Austria Than Germany (10.7% vs. 8.0%; Or 1.38 (1.22–1.56), P<0.001) and in T2D THAN T1D (11.0% vs. 7.9%; OR 1.44 (1.23–1.68), P<0.001). Cigarettes/Day Were Higher in Austria (7.5 (6.8– 8.1) vs. 5.9 (5.7–6.0), P<0.001) and in T2D THAN T1D (8.0 (7.2–8.8) vs. 5.9 (5.7–6.1), P<0.001).
Investigators Found that smoking was Lower in Young People with diabetes than in the General Population, exception for young adults with t2D, who smoked more at the start of the pandemic, Possibly due to stress and lifestyle changes.
Source: bmcpediatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12887-025-05434-w
