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Increased maternal Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR) associated with older age at diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes in offspring.
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association - 1 Dec 2010
Leech N J, O'Sullivan J, Avery P, Howey C, Burling K, Iyer S, Pascoe L, Walker M, Cheetham T
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AIMS: Obesity and insulin resistance have been linked to rising incidence and earlier onset of Type 1 diabetes. Inherited differences in insulin action might also influence the evolution of Type 1 diabetes.Our aim was to determine whether parental BMI and insulin resistance influences age of onset of Type 1 diabetes in their offspring. METHODS: BMI standard deviation score and age at diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes...
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