Mechanisms

10.4. Childhood body size directly increases type 1 diabetes risk based on a lifecourse Mendelian randomization approach

TG Richardson , DJM Crouch , GM Power , F Morales-Berstein , E Hazelwood , S Fang , Y Cho , JRJ Inshaw , CC Robertson , C Sidore , F Cucca , SS Rich , JA Todd , Smith G Davey

Nat Commun. 2022 Apr 28;13(1):2337. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35484151/Brief Summary: This Mendelian randomization study analysed genetic data from 454,023 individuals from the UK Biobank and 15,573 type 1 diabetes (T1D) cases from other cohorts and provides strong evidence that larger childhood body size increases T1D risk, independently from body size at birth and during adulthood.<...

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ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2022

10. Type 1 Diabetes

10.4. Childhood body size directly increases type 1 diabetes risk based on a lifecourse Mendelian randomization approach

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