Increased Incidence of Type 1 Diabetes in Children and No Change in the Age of Diagnosis and BMI-SDS at the Onset - is the Accelerator Hypothesis not Working?

Objective:One of the hypothesized reasons for the observed increase in type 1 diabetes incidence in children is weight gain, causing accelerated disease development in predisposed individuals. This so-called accelerator hypothesis is, however, controversial. The aim was to analyze whether, in the et...

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Main Authors: Barbara Wasyl-Nawrot, Małgorzata Wójcik, Joanna Nazim, Jan Skupień, Jerzy B. Starzyk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayincilik 2020-09-01
Series:JCRPE
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Online Access: http://www.jcrpe.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/ncreased-ncidence-of-type-1-diabetes-in-children-a/34640