Childhood adiposity and risk of type 1 diabetes: A Mendelian randomization study.
The incidence of type 1 diabetes (T1D) is increasing globally. One hypothesis is that increasing childhood obesity rates may explain part of this increase, but, as T1D is rare, intervention studies are challenging to perform. The aim of this study was to assess this hypothesis with a Mendelian rando...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-08-01
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| Series: | PLoS Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5538636?pdf=render |