High meat consumption is associated with type 1 diabetes mellitus in a Sardinian case-control study.
Acta Diabetol
; 50(5): 713-9, 2013 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
The large worldwide variation in type 1 diabetes incidence and increasing incidence over time points toward important environmental risk factors. Among them, nutrition plays an important role. The objective was to investigate the relationship between type 1 diabetes and nutritional factors in pregnancy and early in life. We carried out, using semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaires, a retrospective case-control study in 298 children of 0-15 years old, 145 of which were affected by type 1 diabetes. The diet of all children and of their mothers during pregnancy and lactation was assessed. In children, a statistically significant dose-response association between type 1 diabetes and the amount of meat consumption was found while no other nutritional factors were associated with the disease. High meat consumption seems to be an important early in life cofactor for type 1 diabetes development, although these findings need to be confirmed in wider prospective follow-up studies.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 1
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Comportamento Alimentar
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Carne
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Newborn
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Diabetol
Assunto da revista:
ENDOCRINOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article