Leena Hakola, Lazarus K Mramba, Ulla Uusitalo, Carin Andrén Aronsson, Sandra Hummel, Sari Niinistö, Iris Erlund, Jimin Yang, Marian J Rewers, Beena Akolkar, Richard A McIndoe, Stephen S Rich, William A Hagopian, Anette Ziegler, Åke Lernmark, Jorma Toppari, Jeffrey P Krischer, Jill M Norris, Suvi M Virtanen
PURPOSE: The aim was to study the association between dietary intake of B vitamins in childhood and the risk of islet autoimmunity (IA) and progression to type 1 diabetes (T1D) by the age of 10 years. METHODS: We followed 8500 T1D-susceptible children born in the U.S., Finland, Sweden, and Germany in 2004 -2010 from the Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study, which is a prospective observational birth cohort. Dietary intake of seven B vitamins was calculated from foods and dietary supplements based on 24-h recall at 3 months and 3-day food records collected regularly from 6 months to 10 years of age...
February 27, 2024: European Journal of Nutrition