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8846675

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-10-21
pubmed:abstractText
If environmental factors are important in the aetiology of insulin-dependent (Type 1) diabetes mellitus, primary schooling would be more likely to be shared by cases in an epidemic year compared with controls. We have examined a case control study, comparing primary schools attended. Cases were identified from an established register with known accurate ascertainment and compared with controls taken from a central register of all children and date of birth, sex, and race matched. Parents were asked to complete a structured questionnaire which included questions relating to the child's schooling. There were 187 cases with at least a first matched control. Thirty-two of the cases attended the same nursery or primary school as another case, 18 in the same academic year, compared with 12 controls attending the same school as another control (99% confidence interval (CI) for the difference between proportions 0.0572 - 0.107). Of these cases diagnosed in 1986, 9 attended the same school as another case. Spatial clustering occurs in Type 1 diabetes. This is further evidence of an environmental factor contributing to the genesis of the disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0742-3071
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
865-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Spatial clustering in childhood diabetes: evidence of an environmental cause.
pubmed:affiliation
Leicester General Hospital, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study