Environmental background of type 1 diabetes mellitus in children /
الخلفية البيئية للنوع الأول لمرض السكر عند الأطفال
Lamiaa Hamdy Mohamed Saleh ; Supervised Ibrahim Soliman Hegazy , Lubna M. Anas Fawaz , Sahar Yassin Ibrahim
- Cairo : Lamiaa Hamdy Mohamed Saleh , 2014
- 260 P. : charts ; 25cm
Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Community Medicine
Hypothesis: Environmental factors affect the risk of development of type 1DM. Diabetes-associated autoantibodies may be useful in the assessment of diabetes risk among the first-degree relatives (siblings) of diabetic cases. Objectives: To identify the relative contributions of environmental risk factors of type 1 DM in children. To detect the emergence of insulin autoantibodies (IAA) Subjects and Methods: A case control study was carried out in the Diabetes, Endocrine & Metabolism Pediatric Unit, the Pediatric University Hospital Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University. The total number of assigned children was (273) children. They were classified into 3 groups (n = 91/each); diabetic cases, first control group (siblings) and second control group (healthy). All subjects completed an interviewing questionnaire. Focus on many implicated environmental factors throughout the childs life. The social standard and the anthropometric measurements were assessed. Type 1 DM risk assessment was estimated by using a designed risk assessment model and a risk assessment score