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Children developing type 1 diabetes before 6 years of age have increased linear growth independent of HLA genotypes.

Larsson, Helena LU orcid ; Hansson, Gertie LU ; Carlsson, Annelie LU orcid ; Cederwall, E ; Jonsson, B ; Jönsson, B ; Larsson, Karin LU ; Lynch, Kristian LU ; Neiderud, J and Lernmark, Åke LU orcid , et al. (2008) In Diabetologia 51. p.1623-1630
Abstract
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: High birthweight and increased childhood growth are risk factors for type 1 diabetes. Relative birthweight is associated with HLA genotypes that confer a high risk of diabetes. Our aims were to test whether young children prior to clinical onset of type 1 diabetes have increased: (1) birthweight or birth length standard deviation scores (SDS); (2) height development SDS; or (3) BMI SDS during first 18 months of life and whether these parameters are related to HLA genotypes or mid-parental height (MPH). METHODS: Birthweight, birth length, weight and height were obtained from 58 type 1 diabetes children and 155 controls matched for HLA or not in the Diabetes Prediction in Skåne study. RESULTS: Birth length SDS corrected for... (More)
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: High birthweight and increased childhood growth are risk factors for type 1 diabetes. Relative birthweight is associated with HLA genotypes that confer a high risk of diabetes. Our aims were to test whether young children prior to clinical onset of type 1 diabetes have increased: (1) birthweight or birth length standard deviation scores (SDS); (2) height development SDS; or (3) BMI SDS during first 18 months of life and whether these parameters are related to HLA genotypes or mid-parental height (MPH). METHODS: Birthweight, birth length, weight and height were obtained from 58 type 1 diabetes children and 155 controls matched for HLA or not in the Diabetes Prediction in Skåne study. RESULTS: Birth length SDS corrected for MPH was increased in children developing diabetes compared with all (p < 0.048) and with non-HLA- (p < 0.050) but not with HLA-matched controls. Children developing diabetes had increased height gain at 0 to 18 months of age (p < 0.005). Diabetic children were significantly taller from 6 to 18 months of age when correcting for MPH compared with non-HLA-matched as well as HLA-matched controls, but BMI was not increased. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION: Birth length SDS was associated with diabetes risk HLA. When corrected for MPH, children developing diabetes were taller at birth than non-HLA- but not taller than HLA-matched controls. Diabetic children had increased MPH-corrected height up to 18 months of age compared with both HLA- and non-HLA-matched controls. High-risk HLA affects prenatal growth, but other factors may explain the increased postnatal linear growth in children developing diabetes. (Less)
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Diabetologia
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51
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1623 - 1630
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Springer
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1432-0428
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10.1007/s00125-008-1074-0
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English
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  abstract     = {{AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: High birthweight and increased childhood growth are risk factors for type 1 diabetes. Relative birthweight is associated with HLA genotypes that confer a high risk of diabetes. Our aims were to test whether young children prior to clinical onset of type 1 diabetes have increased: (1) birthweight or birth length standard deviation scores (SDS); (2) height development SDS; or (3) BMI SDS during first 18 months of life and whether these parameters are related to HLA genotypes or mid-parental height (MPH). METHODS: Birthweight, birth length, weight and height were obtained from 58 type 1 diabetes children and 155 controls matched for HLA or not in the Diabetes Prediction in Skåne study. RESULTS: Birth length SDS corrected for MPH was increased in children developing diabetes compared with all (p &lt; 0.048) and with non-HLA- (p &lt; 0.050) but not with HLA-matched controls. Children developing diabetes had increased height gain at 0 to 18 months of age (p &lt; 0.005). Diabetic children were significantly taller from 6 to 18 months of age when correcting for MPH compared with non-HLA-matched as well as HLA-matched controls, but BMI was not increased. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION: Birth length SDS was associated with diabetes risk HLA. When corrected for MPH, children developing diabetes were taller at birth than non-HLA- but not taller than HLA-matched controls. Diabetic children had increased MPH-corrected height up to 18 months of age compared with both HLA- and non-HLA-matched controls. High-risk HLA affects prenatal growth, but other factors may explain the increased postnatal linear growth in children developing diabetes.}},
  author       = {{Larsson, Helena and Hansson, Gertie and Carlsson, Annelie and Cederwall, E and Jonsson, B and Jönsson, B and Larsson, Karin and Lynch, Kristian and Neiderud, J and Lernmark, Åke and Ivarsson, Sten}},
  issn         = {{1432-0428}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{1623--1630}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Diabetologia}},
  title        = {{Children developing type 1 diabetes before 6 years of age have increased linear growth independent of HLA genotypes.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00125-008-1074-0}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/s00125-008-1074-0}},
  volume       = {{51}},
  year         = {{2008}},
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