EVIDENCE FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL-EFFECT IN THE ETIOLOGY OF INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES IN A TRANSMIGRATORY POPULATION
EVIDENCE FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL-EFFECT IN THE ETIOLOGY OF INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES IN A TRANSMIGRATORY POPULATION
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DOI:
10.1136/bmj.304.6833.1020
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发表时间:
1992-04-18
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CARTWRIGHT, R
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BODANSKY, HJ;STAINES, A;CARTWRIGHT, R
Objective - To examine whether children of families moving from an area of low incidence of childhood diabetes to one which is higher show a corresponding rise in disease incidence.Design - Disease incidence study over 12 years.Setting - Bradford District Metropolitan Council area.Subjects - All subjects aged 0-16 years resident within the study area.Main outcome measures - The incidences of childhood diabetes in Asian and non-Asian families.Results - The incidence of diabetes in Asian children increased from 3.1/100000 per year in 1978-81 to 11.7/100000 per year in 1988-90 (chi-2 for trend = 4.95, df = 1, p = 0.026) whereas that for other children remained constant at 10.5/100000 per year. Over the entire study period rates were lower in Asian females (4.9/100000 per year) than in Asian males (8.8/100000 per year) whereas the reverse was true for other children (males 9.2/100000 per year; females 12.0/100000 per year) (test for common odds ratio: chi-2 = 3.81, df = 1, p = 0.052).Conclusions - Offspring of this transmigratory population had a rising incidence of childhood diabetes which was approaching that of the indigenous population. The data provide strong evidence for an environmental effect in the aetiology of insulin dependent diabetes.