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Beyerlein, A. ; Thiering, E. ; Pflueger, M. ; Bidlingmaier, M.* ; Stock, J. ; Knopff, A. ; Winkler, C. ; Heinrich, J. ; Ziegler, A.-G.

Early infant growth is associated with the risk of islet autoimmunity in genetically susceptible children.

Pediatr. Diabetes 15, 534-542 (2014)
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Background: Islet autoimmunity commonly develops early in infancy. We assessed whether specific parameters of early growth (including weight gain) were associated with the development of islet autoimmunity in children of type 1 diabetes patients, taking individual developmental patterns into account. Methods: Growth parameters were estimated in n=1011 children followed from birth in the prospective BABYDIAB and BABYDIET studies using longitudinal models. Cox proportional hazard models, adjusted for study, sex, gestational age, birth weight percentile, and maternal type 1 diabetes status, were calculated to assess hazard ratios (HR) for islet autoimmunity with corresponding 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) by 2 SD increases in growth parameters. In a subset of n=170 infants, we investigated whether the growth hormones insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) were in the causal pathway. Results: We found an early age at infant body mass index (BMI) peak to be associated with the development of islet autoimmunity [HR 0.60 (95% CI 0.41-0.87), per 2 SD increase in age]. Islet autoimmunity was also associated with BMI difference between infant BMI peak and childhood BMI rebound [HR 1.52 (95% CI 1.04-2.22)], but not after adjustment for age at infant BMI peak, and not with other parameters such as peak height and weight velocity during infancy. Serum concentrations of IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 at birth, 9 months, and 2yr, respectively, were not significantly different between children with and without later islet autoimmunity. Conclusions: Variations in early growth rate have subtle effects on the risk of islet autoimmunity with growth hormones unlikely to be in the causal pathway.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords Igf-1 ; Infant Growth ; Islet Autoimmunity
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1399-543X
e-ISSN 1399-5448
Journal Pediatric Diabetes
Quellenangaben Volume: 15, Issue: 7, Pages: 534-542 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Wiley
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Diabetes Research Type 1 (IDF)
Institute of Epidemiology (EPI)