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Feasibility of a Type 1 Diabetes Primary Prevention Trial Using 2000 IU Vitamin D3 in Infants from the General Population with Increased HLA‐Associated Risk
Author(s) -
WICKLOW BRANDY A.,
TABACK SHAYNE P.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1375.047
Subject(s) - medicine , vitamin d and neurology , randomized controlled trial , diabetes mellitus , population , type 2 diabetes , vitamin , type 1 diabetes , human leukocyte antigen , pediatrics , primary prevention , immunology , endocrinology , disease , environmental health , antigen
Recent epidemiologic, immunologic, and NOD mouse studies suggest that intervention in the vitamin D system may be a successful method to prevent type 1 diabetes. Newborns at increased HLA‐associated risk are randomized to receive either 400 or 2000 IU vitamin D3 by 1 month of age. We show that recruitment of babies from the general population for identification of HLA‐associated risk status followed by enrollment to a randomized controlled prevention trial is feasible in Canada.