AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-65193631/diabetes-risk-rises-kids.html" title="Facts and information about Diabetes risk rises in kids of older mums.(Brief Article)">Diabetes risk rises in kids of older mums.(Brief Article)</a>

Close Set up an RSS feed that alerts you when new articles from Chemist & Druggist are available.

Frequently asked questions about RSS feeds

Diabetes risk rises in kids of older mums.(Brief Article)

Chemist & Druggist

| August 19, 2000 | COPYRIGHT 2003 CMP Information Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Children of older mothers have an increased risk of type 1 diabetes, according to a study in the British Medical Journal (321;420-424).

And the risk is higher among first-born children of mothers who start their families late. This increase in maternal age at delivery over the past 20 years could partly account for the increased incidence of childhood diabetes over the same period, suggested the researchers.

The prospective study was based on a population of 1,375 families in which at least one child had diabetes. Of 3,221 offspring, 1,431 had diabetes. Their median age at diagnosis was 10.5, and 1,790 remained non-diabetic at a median age of 16.1 years.…

View articles courtesy of your local library

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more


Influence of maternal age at delivery and birth order on risk of type 1...: Magazine article from: British Medical Journal Bingley, Polly J Douek, Isabelle F Rogers, Christine A Gale, Edwin A M August 12, 2000 700+ words
...increasing maternal age at delivery and risk of diabetes in the child...risk of type 1 diabetes in the child. The increase in maternal age at delivery...reported that high maternal age at delivery...risk of type 1 diabetes in the child...


High maternal age and low birth order increase risk of type 1 diabetes.: Newspaper article from: Diabetes Week August 30, 2004 700+ words
...childhood type 1 diabetes. "In several populations, maternal age at delivery and...risk of type 1 diabetes in the offspring...increases with higher maternal age at delivery and...Endocrinology & Diabetes (Higher maternal age at delivery...


Maternal age and risk of type 1 diabetes in children.(Brief Article): Magazine article from: British Medical Journal Bingley, Polly J Gale, Edwin A M Joner, Geir Stene, Lars Christian Jeferries, Craig Hofman, Paul L Cutfield, Wayne S Gunn, Alistair J Soltesz, G Dahlquist, G Patterson, C C Byrnes, Graham June 16, 2001 700+ words
...association between maternal age or birth order with type 1 diabetes. Secondly...Influence of maternal age at delivery...of type 1 diabetes in childhood...the rates of diabetes free survival...the oldest maternal age categories...


Maternal age and birth outcomes: data from New Jersey.: Magazine article from: Family Planning Perspectives Reichman, Nancy E. Pagnini, Deanna L. November 1, 1997 700+ words
The effects of maternal age on low birth weight...relationship between maternal age and low birth weight...as hypertension and diabetes.[8] In addition...relationship between maternal age and birth outcome has...


VBAC attempts, failures linked to maternal age.(Obstetrics): Magazine article from: OB GYN News MacNeil, Jane Salodof May 1, 2005 700+ words
...are not quite sure." Maternal age did not appear to be...hypertension, preeclampsia, diabetes, prior vaginal deliveries...across the age groups. Diabetes and chronic hypertension each increased with age: diabetes ranged from 2% to 10...


Maternal age and risk of stillbirth: a systematic review.(Research)(Clinical...: Magazine article from: CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal Huang, Ling Sauve, Req Birkett, Nicholas Fergusson, Dean van Walraven, Carl January 15, 2008 700+ words
...regarding the relation between older maternal age and the risk of stillbirth have yielded...systematic review we explored whether older maternal age is associated with an increased risk...that measured the association between maternal age and risk of stillbirth. Two reviewers...


Intrauterine growth pattern and risk of childhood onset insulin dependent (type...: Magazine article from: British Medical Journal Dahlquist, Gisela Sandberg Bennich, Sara Kallen, Bengt November 9, 1996 700+ words
...weight, gestation, maternal age and parity, maternal diagnosis of diabetes during pregnancy...gestation comprised maternal age and parity, maternal...and maternal diabetes. Figure 1 shows...stratification for maternal age, parity, smoking...and maternal diabetes ...


News potpourri. (*) (Special Feature).(diabetes risk)(hospital patient...: Magazine article from: Southern Medical Journal December 1, 2001 700+ words
...incidence of type 1 diabetes was the main outcome...association found between maternal age at delivery and type 1 diabetes among firstborn children...in the incidence of diabetes for each five-year increase in maternal age (95% confidence...


How the effect of maternal age on the risk of childhood leukemia changed over...: Magazine article from: Environmental Health Perspectives Maule, Milena Maria Vizzini, Loredana Czene, Kamila Akre, Olof Richiardi, Lorenzo February 1, 2009 700+ words
...Previous studies on the association between maternal age and risk of childhood leukemia found...whether there is an association between maternal age and risk of childhood leukemia and whether...of birth (overall and stratified by maternal age) and incidence rate ratios (RRs...


Maternal age and fetal loss: population based register linkage study.: Magazine article from: British Medical Journal Andersen, Anne-Marie Nybo Wohlfahrt, Jan Christens, Peter Olsen, Jorn Melbye, Mads June 24, 2000 700+ words
...To estimate the association between maternal age and fetal death (spontaneous abortion...in those aged 45 years or more. High maternal age was a significant risk factor for spontaneous...stillbirth also increased with increasing maternal age. Conclusions Fetal loss is high in...

For more facts and information, see all results

The AccessMyLibrary advertising network includes: