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Effect of maternal smoking during pregnancy on childhood type 1 diabetes: a whole-of-population study.

Mumtaz BegumRhiannon M PilkingtonCatherine R ChittleboroughJohn W LynchMegan A S PennoLisa Gaye Smithers
Published in: Diabetologia (2020)
Our best estimate from the study is that maternal smoking in pregnancy was associated with 16% lower childhood type 1 diabetes incidence, and some of this effect was due to residual confounding.
Keyphrases
  • type diabetes
  • pregnancy outcomes
  • cardiovascular disease
  • birth weight
  • metabolic syndrome
  • adipose tissue
  • body mass index