Putative environmental factors in Type 1 diabetes

Environmental Factors before the Onset of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: A Case-Control Study

Objective: The role of environmental factors in the development of type1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) is inconclusive. This study aimed to investigate the associations between selected environmental factors and T1D. Materials and Methods: This group matched case-control study included diabetic and healthy subjects younger than 19 years old in 2017. Cases were diabetic subjects diagnosed before the ...

Environmental Factors and Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Pediatric Age Group

Increasing Incidence of Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 in Children – the Role of Environmental Factors

The incidence of diabetes type 1, a chronic autoimmune disease, may reach the status of an epidemic in the 21st century. The highest incidence of diabetes in the world is observed in Finland. However, in the last 8 years a dynamic rise has been observed in Poland, moving the country toward an intermediate level incidence classification. Environmental factors seem to play a part in the observed ...

Environmental risk factors for type 1 diabetes in Rome and province.

BACKGROUND In subjects genetically susceptible to type 1 diabetes, exposure to environmental factors during the gestational period, the neonatal period, and the first years of life is thought to play an important role in triggering the immune process leading to beta cell destruction. AIMS To investigate risk factors for inhabitants of continental Italy. METHODS A case-control study of 150 t...

Environmental Factors Associated with Type 1 Diabetes Development: A Case Control Study in Egypt

Uncertainty still exists regarding the role of some environmental risk in the development of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) both globally and in Egypt. The objective here was to explore the potential environmental risk factors associated with the development of T1DM among children in Egypt. A case-controlled study of 204 T1DM children and an equal number of age and sex-matched controls was con...