Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Åke Lernmark - Lunds universitet
Description
Umbilical cord blood was taken from 48000 new born children in the county of Skåne in order to determine the risk of hereditary type 1 diabetes. Of the screened children 7,4% had an increased risk. Of these, 2,525 children participate in the study follow-up part. TEDDY children will be followed until they are 15 years old. Up until 4 years of age, the child visits a TEDDY office every 3 months. After 4 years of age, the visits takes place two times per year. If the child shows signs of an autoimmune process started, that the child has acquired antibodies in the blood, the child are followed-up every three months in the future. The study includes blood, feaces, urine and saliva samples as well as samples from the nails. Height and weight are recorded and children's physical activity is measured. Food Diary conducted during periods and sample on the family's tap water is taken. Further interviews are conducted and the parents respond to different questionnaires.
Purpose:
To identify environmental exposures that are associated with increased risk of developing autoantibodies against pancreati
Research principal
Responsible department/unit
Lund UniversityUnit of analysis
Time period(s) investigated
2004-09 – ongoing
Geographic spread
Geographic description: Scania (5 additional centres in USA,Finland and Germany)
Research area
HEALTH
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences, Clinical Medicine, Endocrinology and Diabetes
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
children, insulin, diabetes mellitus, type 1, ambient exposure, gad65, scania, znt8, epihealth_skåne, viral infections, ia-2, epihealth
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Associated documentation
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Åke Lernmark - Lunds universitet
Time period(s) investigated
2004-09 – 2010-02
Number of individuals/objects
48000
Associated documentation
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Åke Lernmark - Lunds universitet
Number of individuals/objects
2525