The findings are based on an audit of 1,742 children treated in paediatric units.
The study found that on average blood glucose levels in children with diabetes from the most deprived areas were 0.5% higher than those from the most affluent areas.
Bridget Turner, head of healthcare and policy at Diabetes UK, said: ‘The results of this study are particularly worrying as children in the UK already have the worst diabetes control in Europe.’
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