Birthweight and the risk of childhood-onset type 1 diabetes: A meta-analysis of observational studies using individual patient data

Diabetologia

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 641-651

  Cardwell, C R ^a   Stene, L C ^b,c   Joner, G ^c,d   Davis, E A ^e   Cinek, O ^f   Rosenbauer, J ^g   Ludvigsson, J ^h   Castell, C ⁱ   Svensson, J ^j   Goldacre, M J ^k   Waldhoer, T ^l   Polanska, J ^m   Gimeno, S G A ⁿ   Chuang, L M ^o   Parslow, R C ^p   Wadsworth, E J K ^q   Chetwynd, A ^r   Pozzilli, P ^s   Brigis, G ^t   Urbonaite, B ^u   Sipetic S ^v   Schober, E ^l   Ionescu Tirgoviste, C ^w   De Beaufort, C E ^x   Stoyanov, D ^y   Buschard, K ^z   Patterson, C C ^a   more..

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^g HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ Advisory Committee on Diabetes in Catalonia ^*  (Spain)

^j GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^l MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^m SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

ⁿ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^o NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^p UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^q CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^r LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^s UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^t RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^u KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^v UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^w Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases 'N Paulescu'   (Romania)

^x Clinique Pediatrique   (Luxembourg)

^y Children's Diabetic Centre Sofia   (Bulgaria)

^z Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

more..

Author keywords

Birthweight; Epidemiology; Meta analysis; Risk factors; Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CESAREAN SECTION; EMBASE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; JUVENILE DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MEDLINE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77749342807     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-009-1648-5     Document Type: Article

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