Seasonality in the manifestation of type 1 diabetes varies according to age at diagnosis in Finnish children

Autor: Finnish Pediat Diabet Register, Turtinen, Maaret, Härkönen, Taina, Ilonen, Jorma, Parkkola, Anna, Knip, Mikael
Přispěvatelé: HUS Children and Adolescents, Children's Hospital, Clinicum, CAMM - Research Program for Clinical and Molecular Metabolism, Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme, Lastentautien yksikkö, Research Group Knip, Tampere University, Department of Paediatrics
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Acta Paediatrica. 111:1061-1069
ISSN: 1651-2227
0803-5253
DOI: 10.1111/apa.16282
Popis: AIM: We tested the hypothesis of a more aggressive disease process at diagnosis of type 1 diabetes during fall and winter, the colder seasons with consistently observed higher incidence of type 1 diabetes. METHODS: Seasonality in the manifestation of type 1 diabetes was examined in 4993 Finnish children and adolescents. Metabolic characteristics, beta-cell autoantibodies and HLA class II genetics were analysed at clinical diagnosis. RESULTS: Significant seasonality was observed with higher number of new cases during fall and winter (n = 1353/27.1% and n = 1286/25.8%) compared with spring and summer (n = 1135/22.7% and n = 219/24.4%) (p
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