Gestational Age and Birth Weight and the Risk of Childhood Type 1 Diabetes: A Population-Based Cohort and Sibling Design Study
Author(s) -
Ali S. Khashan,
Louise C. Kenny,
Cecilia Lundholm,
Patricia M. Kearney,
Tong Gong,
Roseanne McNamee,
Catarina Almqvist
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
diabetes care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636
H-Index - 363
eISSN - 1935-5548
pISSN - 0149-5992
DOI - 10.2337/dc15-0897
Subject(s) - medicine , gestational age , birth weight , cohort , population , pediatrics , cohort study , type 2 diabetes , sibling , gestational diabetes , small for gestational age , relative risk , obstetrics , type 1 diabetes , diabetes mellitus , pregnancy , gestation , endocrinology , confidence interval , environmental health , psychology , developmental psychology , genetics , biology
We investigated the effects of gestational age, birth weight, small for gestational age (SGA), and large for gestational age (LGA) on risk of childhood type 1 diabetes.
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