Seasonal variation of diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes mellitus in children worldwide
Abstract
Aims To determine if there is a worldwide seasonal pattern in the clinical onset of Type 1 diabetes. Methods Analysis of the seasonality in diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes was based on the incidence data in 0- to 14-year-old children collected by the World Health Organization Diabetes Mondiale (WHO DiaMond) Project over the period 1990-1999. One hundred and five centres from 53 countries worldwide provided enough data for the seasonality analysis. The incidence seasonality patterns were also determined for age- and sex-specific groups. Results Forty-two out of 105 centres exhibited significant seasonality in the incidence of Type 1 diabetes (P Conclusions The seasonality of the incidence of Type 1 diabetes mellitus in children under 15 years of age is a real phenomenon, as was reported previously and as is now demonstrated by this large standardized study. The seasonality pattern appears to be dependent on the geographical position, at least as far as the northern/southern hemisphere dichotomy is concerned. However, more data are needed on the populations living below the 30th parallel north in order to complete the picture.
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- Authors
- Moltchanova, E. V., Schreier, N., Lammi, N., & Karvonen, M.
- Affiliations
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (FI)
- Corresponding author
- Moltchanova, E. V.
- ORCID
- Moltchanova, E. V.
- Venue
- Diabetic Medicine
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-06-30
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 673-678
- ISSN
- 0742-3071 (ISSN-L)
- 1464-5491
- OpenAlex
- W2102064350
- Cited by
- 217
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 8.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Diabetic Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari) (submittedVersion)
- WOS
- Funders
- Academy of Finland
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Diabetes and associated disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Keywords
- type 1 diabetes, seasonal variation, incidence, children, latitude, northern and southern hemispheres
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Epidemiologic Methods, Humans, Infant, Male, Seasons, Global Health, World Health Organization
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