Early infection and subsequent insulin dependent diabetes. Issue 5 (1st November 1997)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gibbon, Caspar; Smith, Trevor; Egger, Peter; Betts, Peter; Phillips, David
• Is Part Of: Archives of disease in childhood. Volume 77:Issue 5(1997)
• Page Start: 384
• Page End: 385
• Publication Date: 1997-11-01
• Subjects: insulin dependent (type 1) diabetes -- infancy -- infection -- case-control study; Children -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Infants -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 618.920005
• DOI: 10.1136/adc.77.5.384
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-9888

Abstract

Abstract : In a study of 58 children under the age of 16 with insulin dependent diabetes (IDDM) and 172 matched non-diabetic controls, infection during the first year of life was associated with a reduction in diabetes risk (odds ratio 0.81, 95% confidence interval 0.67 to 0.98, per infective episode). Decreased exposure to common infections during infancy may be linked with subsequent IDDM.