Perinatal and neonatal determinants of childhood type 1 diabetes. A case-control study in Yorkshire, U.K.

Abstract

The findings are based on medical record data that cannot be subject to biased recall of mothers. Neonatal illnesses increased and initial breast feeding decreased the risk of childhood type 1 diabetes. Further determinants of risk are mothers with type 1 diabetes, older mothers, and preeclampsia during pregnancy.