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Paternal and maternal obesity but not gestational weight gain is associated with type 1 diabetes.

ABSTRACT: Background:Our objective was to examine the associations of parental body mass index (BMI) and maternal gestational weight gain with childhood-onset type 1 diabetes. Comparing the associations of maternal and paternal BMI with type 1 diabetes in the offspring will provide further insight into the role of unmeasured confounding by characteristics linked to BMI in both parents. Methods:We studied 132 331 children participating in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) and the Danish National Birth Cohort (DNBC) who were born between February 1998 and July 2009. Exposures of interest included parental BMI and maternal gestational weight gain obtained by maternal report. We used Cox-proportional hazards regression to examine the risk of type 1 diabetes (n=499 cases), which was ascertained by national childhood diabetes registers. Results:The incidence of type 1 diabetes was 32.7 per 100 000 person-years in MoBa and 28.5 per 100 000 person-years in DNBC. Both maternal pre-pregnancy obesity, adjusted hazard ratio (HR) 1.41 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.06, 1.89] and paternal obesity, adjusted HR 1.51 (95% CI: 1.11, 2.04), were associated with childhood-onset type 1 diabetes. The associations were similar after mutual adjustment. In contrast, maternal total gestational weight gain was not associated with childhood-onset type 1 diabetes, adjusted HR 1.00 (95% CI: 0.99, 1.02) per kilogram increase. Conclusions:Our study suggests that the association between maternal obesity and childhood-onset type 1 diabetes is not likely explained by intrauterine mechanisms, but possibly rather by unknown environmental factors influencing BMI in the family.

SUBMITTER: Magnus MC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5913633 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Paternal and maternal obesity but not gestational weight gain is associated with type 1 diabetes.

Magnus Maria C MC Olsen Sjurdur F SF Granstrom Charlotta C Lund-Blix Nicolai A NA Svensson Jannet J Johannesen Jesper J Fraser Abigail A Skrivarhaug Torild T Joner Geir G Njølstad Pål R PR Størdal Ketil K Stene Lars C LC

International journal of epidemiology 20180401 2

<h4>Background</h4>Our objective was to examine the associations of parental body mass index (BMI) and maternal gestational weight gain with childhood-onset type 1 diabetes. Comparing the associations of maternal and paternal BMI with type 1 diabetes in the offspring will provide further insight into the role of unmeasured confounding by characteristics linked to BMI in both parents.<h4>Methods</h4>We studied 132 331 children participating in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) an ...[more]

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Paternal and maternal obesity but not gestational weight gain is associated with type 1 diabetes.

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Paternal and maternal obesity but not gestational weight gain is associated with type 1 diabetes.

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