Risk of Diabetes Mellitus in Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Objective. To examine the risk of type 1 diabetes (T1D) associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Methods. Using the IBM MarketScan database, we compared JIA patients with asthma patients and healthy individuals for the risk of incident T1D. Results. We included patients with 15,210 JIA, 76,050 patients with asthma, and 76,050 healthy individuals matched 1:5 on age, sex, and index date. After adjustment for confounders, the...