Month of birth and the risk of developing type 1 diabetes among children in the Swedish national Better Diabetes Diagnosis Study.
Emma HedlundJohnny LudvigssonHelena Elding LarssonGun ForsanderSten IvarssonClaude MarcusUlf SamuelssonMartina PerssonAnnelie CarlssonPublished in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2022)
In this large nationwide study, the impact of month of birth on type 1 diabetes diagnosis was weak, except for boys diagnosed before 5 years of age, who were more likely born in May. This may suggest different triggers for different subgroups of patients with type 1 diabetes.