Gestational age at birth and type 1 diabetes in childhood and young adulthood: a nationwide register study in Finland, Norway and Sweden.

Johanna Metsälä Kari Risnes Martina Persson Riitta Veijola Anna Pulakka Katriina Heikkilä Suvi Alenius Gissler Mika Signe Opdahl Sven Sandin Kajantie Eero

Published in: Diabetologia (2024)

Individuals born late preterm and early term have an increased risk of type 1 diabetes while individuals born extremely preterm or very preterm have a decreased risk of type 1 diabetes compared with those born full term.

Keyphrases

gestational age
type diabetes
birth weight
preterm birth
glycemic control
cardiovascular disease
insulin resistance
low birth weight
metabolic syndrome
pregnant women
adipose tissue
cross sectional
preterm infants