Parents with type ι diabetes affect their children’s test scores.

　　Science and Technology Daily, Beijing, April 28th (Intern reporter Zhang Jiaxin) According to a recent study published in the journal PLoS Medicine, no matter which biological parent has Ι Type 2 diabetes, children’s cognitive development may be affected. This study shows for the first time that parents have Ι Chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes may be related to children’s poor academic performance, rather than to the mother’s hyperglycemia during fetal development.

　　Researchers at the University Hospital of Copenhagen, Denmark, obtained 622,073 students from public schools. The achievement data of 18-year-old children in seven years, including their math test scores in grades 3 and 6, and their reading scores in grades 2, 4, 6 and 8. Among the mothers of these children, 2,144 have Ι Type 2 diabetes; Among the fathers, 3474 had Ι Type 2 diabetes. In addition, there are 616,455 children from the background population (used to calculate the statistical average of all people). The study found that mother and father suffered from Ι The average scores of children with type 2 diabetes are 54.2 and 54.4, respectively, while the average score of children with background population is 56.4.

　　The research team concluded that if parents suffer from serious chronic diseases such as diabetes, it may affect their children’s academic performance.

　　This study is of great significance to the observation that pregnant mothers have Ι Different explanations are put forward for the adverse effects of type 2 diabetes on children’s cognitive development. Previously, the effects of gestational diabetes mellitus on their children’s cognitive function have been widely studied. If the maternal glucose is delivered to the fetus through the placenta, it will affect its development and brain development in infancy. There is little evidence that different subtypes of diabetes and fathers have Ι Influence of type 2 diabetes on children.

　　The researchers said that research on 622,073 children has proved that either parent has Ι Type 2 diabetes is associated with children’s low test scores.