SwePub - search: id:"swepub:oai:DiVA.org:oru-32...

Enumeration	Reference	Cover	Find
1.	Hjern, Anders, et al. (author) East africans in Sweden have a high risk for type 1 diabetes 2012 In: Diabetes Care. - Alexandria, USA : American Diabetes Association. - 0149-5992 .- 1935-5548. ; 35:3, s. 597-598 Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract Citing this article BMJ Open October 31, 2013 3:e003418Objective: To investigate the prevalence of type 1 diabetes in children with an origin inSub-Saharan Africa in Sweden.Research design and methods: Nationwide register study based on retrievedprescriptions of insulin during 2009 in children aged 0–18 years. The study population consistedof 35,756 children in families with an origin in Sub-Saharan Africa and 1,666,051 children withnative Swedish parents.Results: The odds ratio (OR) for insulin medication in Swedish-born children in familiesoriginating in East Africa was 1.29 (95% CI 1.02–1.63) compared with offspring of nativeSwedish parents, after adjustment for age and sex, and less common in children who themselveswere born in East Africa: 0.50 (0.34–0.73). Offspring of parents from other parts of Sub-SaharanAfrica had a comparatively low risk for insulin medication.Conclusions: This study indicates that Swedish-born children with an origin in EastAfrica have a high risk of type 1 diabetes.

Hjern, Anders, et al. (author)
East africans in Sweden have a high risk for type 1 diabetes
2012
In: Diabetes Care. - Alexandria, USA : American Diabetes Association. - 0149-5992 .- 1935-5548. ; 35:3, s. 597-598
Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Citing this article BMJ Open October 31, 2013 3:e003418Objective: To investigate the prevalence of type 1 diabetes in children with an origin inSub-Saharan Africa in Sweden.Research design and methods: Nationwide register study based on retrievedprescriptions of insulin during 2009 in children aged 0–18 years. The study population consistedof 35,756 children in families with an origin in Sub-Saharan Africa and 1,666,051 children withnative Swedish parents.Results: The odds ratio (OR) for insulin medication in Swedish-born children in familiesoriginating in East Africa was 1.29 (95% CI 1.02–1.63) compared with offspring of nativeSwedish parents, after adjustment for age and sex, and less common in children who themselveswere born in East Africa: 0.50 (0.34–0.73). Offspring of parents from other parts of Sub-SaharanAfrica had a comparatively low risk for insulin medication.Conclusions: This study indicates that Swedish-born children with an origin in EastAfrica have a high risk of type 1 diabetes.

Träfflista för sökning "id:"swepub:oai:DiVA.org:oru-32942" "