July 25, 2025Adults with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) are significantly more likely than their non-diabetic peers to have ADHD, according to new research published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine.1For the study, 273 participants with TID completed questionnaires using the Adult Self-Report Scale V1.1 (ASRS) for ADHD symptoms.
Information about the patients’ cardiometabolic conditions, lab tests, and scores on a questionnaire assessing depression was obtained from medical records.Of the participants:ADHD symptom prevalence decreased as age increased, but ADHD symptoms among TID patients remained appreciably higher than average across the lifespan.
Women scored higher on ADHD symptom tests than men.Compared with non-ADHD patients, those with ADHD symptoms had:Previous research has established that diabetes and depression are commonly comorbid.2 One meta-analysis found that TID patients experienced nearly four times the rate of depression compared to those without type 1 diabetes.
3 Further, adult T1D patients with depressive symptoms had higher blood sugar levels and less glucose monitoring than those without depression.4, 5The new study follows research conducted two years ago by the same team, investigating associations between ADHD and type 2 diabetes (T2D).
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