No association between birth weight and type 1 diabetes mellitus - A twin-control study

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 158-162

  Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm ^a,e   Bache, I ^b   Green, A ^d   Beck Nielsen, H ^c   Buschard, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Center for Health and Society   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e Danish Twin Registry   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Birth length; Birth weight; Maternal age; Parity; Twin control study; Twins; Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREMATURITY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; REGISTRIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0034014971     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2000.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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