The 'accelerator hypothesis': Relationship between weight, height, body mass index and age at diagnosis in a large cohort of 9,248 German and Austrian children with type 1 diabetes mellitus

Diabetologia

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2501-2504

  Knerr, I ^a   Wolf, J ^b   Reinehr, T ^c   Stachow, R ^d   Grabert, M ^e   Schober, E ^f   Rascher, W ^a   Holl, R W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b St Vincenz Hospital   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^d Clinic for Children and Adolescents   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^f ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Accelerator hypothesis; BMI; Body mass index; Diabetes manifestation; Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AUSTRIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 28444458516     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-005-0033-2     Document Type: Article

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