Ethnic differences in association of high body mass index with early onset of Type 1 diabetes - Arab ethnicity as case study.

Ethnic differences in association of high body mass index with early onset of Type 1 diabetes - Arab ethnicity as case study.

The "accelerator hypothesis" predicts early onset of Type 1 diabetes (T1D) in heavier children. Studies testing direction of correlation between body mass index (BMI) and age at onset of T1D in different continental populations have reported differing results-inverse, direct, and neutral....

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Main Authors: Arshad M Channanath, Naser Elkum, Dalia Al-Abdulrazzaq, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Azza Shaltout, Thangavel Alphonse Thanaraj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5391107?pdf=render

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