association between ultraviolet B irradiance, vitamin D status and incidence rates of type 1 diabetes in 51 regions worldwide

association between ultraviolet B irradiance, vitamin D status and incidence rates of type 1 diabetes in 51 regions worldwide

Aims/hypothesis This study is an analysis of the relationship between ultraviolet B (UVB) irradiance, the primary source of circulating vitamin D in humans, and age-standardised incidence rates of type 1 diabetes mellitus in children, according to region of the world. Methods The association of UVB...

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Veröffentlicht in:Diabetologia 2008-08, Vol.51 (8), p.1391-1398
Hauptverfasser: Mohr, S. B, Garland, C. F, Gorham, E. D, Garland, F. C
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Age
Autoimmune diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Calcifediol - therapeutic use
Child
Diabetes
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - complications
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - epidemiology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - prevention & control
Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance
Dietary supplements
Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases)
Endocrinopathies
epidemiology
Etiopathogenesis. Screening. Investigations. Target tissue resistance
Expenditures
Fish oils
Geography
Human Physiology
Humans
insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
Internal Medicine
Medical sciences
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolic Diseases
Per capita
Regression Analysis
ultraviolet radiation
Ultraviolet Rays
Vitamin D
Vitamin D - therapeutic use
Vitamin D Deficiency - complications
Vitamin D Deficiency - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:Aims/hypothesis This study is an analysis of the relationship between ultraviolet B (UVB) irradiance, the primary source of circulating vitamin D in humans, and age-standardised incidence rates of type 1 diabetes mellitus in children, according to region of the world. Methods The association of UVB irradiance adjusted for cloud cover to incidence rates of type 1 diabetes in children aged
ISSN:0012-186X
1432-0428
DOI:10.1007/s00125-008-1061-5