Association between maternal gluten intake and type 1 diabetes in offspring: national prospective cohort study in Denmark.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association between prenatal gluten exposure and offspring risk of type 1 diabetes in humans.

Design

National prospective cohort study.

Setting

National health information registries in Denmark.

Participants

Pregnant Danish women enrolled into the Danish National Birth Cohort, between January 1996 and October 2002, MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Maternal gluten intake, based on maternal consumption of gluten containing foods, was reported in a 360 item food frequency questionnaire at week 25 of pregnancy. Information on type 1 diabetes occurrence in the participants' children, from 1 January 1996 to 31 May 2016, were obtained through registry linkage to the Danish Registry of Childhood and Adolescent Diabetes.

Results

The study comprised

SUBMITTER: Antvorskov JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6283375 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature