Microbial Exposure in Infancy and Subsequent Appearance of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus-Associated Autoantibodies – A Cohort Study



: A Cohort Study

: Suvi M. Virtanen, Hanna-Mari Takkinen, Bright I. Nwaru, Minna Kaila, Suvi Ahonen, Jaakko Nevalainen, Sari Niinistö, Heli Siljander, Olli Simell, Jorma Ilonen, Heikki Hyöty, Riitta Veijola, Mikael Knip

Publisher: AMER MEDICAL ASSOC

: 2014

: JAMA Pediatrics

: JAMA PEDIATRICS

: JAMA PEDIATR

: 168

: 8

: 755

: 763

: 9

: 2168-6203

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.296


CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Among the 9 early microbial exposures studied, only the indoor dog exposure during the first year of life was inversely associated with the development of preclinical type 1 diabetes. This finding needs to be confirmed in other populations.




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