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

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Findings 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.

Methods

A 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.

Results

Out of 181,786 children, 82 childhood T1DM cases were identified from questionnaire survey. Children with preterm birth (<37 weeks) had higher risk

SUBMITTER: Huang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8079970 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature