Preterm Birth and Birth Weight and the Risk of Type 1 Diabetes in Chinese Children

Autor: Ke Huang, Shuting Si, Ruimin Chen, Chunlin Wang, Shaoke Chen, Yan Liang, Hui Yao, Rongxiu Zheng, Fang Liu, Binyan Cao, Zhe Su, Maimaiti Mireguli, Feihong Luo, Pin Li, Hongwei Du, Min Zhu, Yu Yang, Lanwei Cui, Yunxian Yu, Junfen Fu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Endocrinology, Vol 12 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1664-2392
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2021.603277
Popis: AimsFindings from previous studies about the association of preterm birth as well as birth weight with the risk of T1DM were still inconsistent. We aimed to further clarify these associations based on Chinese children and explore the role of gender therein.MethodsA nationwide multicenter and population-based large cross-sectional study was conducted in China from 2017 to 2019. Children aged between 3 and 18 years old with complete information were included in this analysis. Multiple Poisson regression models were used for evaluating the associations of birth weight as well as preterm birth with T1DM in children.ResultsOut of 181,786 children, 82 childhood T1DM cases were identified from questionnaire survey. Children with preterm birth (
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