Who gets type i diabetes?

Risk factors: The biggest risk factor seems to be positive family history of type one, especially if on the fathers side but for the majority of type i diabetics, no risk factor can be identified. There might be an environmental element.

Anyone: Most type 1 diabetes is diagnosed in children but it can occur at any age. I just diagnosed a 63 year old man with new type 1 diabetes last week. The old term, juvenile diabetes, makes us think type 1 diabetes is a children's disease but it is not! type 1 diabetes can also run in families and is more common in siblings and children of people with type 1 diabetes.