Infant anthropometry, early life infection, and subsequent risk of type 1 diabetes mellitus: A prospective birth cohort study

Pediatric Diabetes

Volumn 12, Issue 4 PART 1, 2011, Pages 313-321

  Ponsonby, Anne Louise ^a,b,c   Pezic, Angela ^a   Cochrane, Jennifer ^b   Cameron, Fergus J ^a,c   Pascoe, Mark ^d   Kemp, Andrew ^a   Dwyer, Terence ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Birth order; Infection; Prospective cohort; T1D

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EAR INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TASMANIA;

EID: 79957473550     PISSN: 1399543X     EISSN: 13995448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2010.00693.x     Document Type: Article

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