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Acta Diabetologica
Published in: Acta Diabetologica 5/2013

01-10-2013 | Original Article

High meat consumption is associated with type 1 diabetes mellitus in a Sardinian case–control study

Authors: Sandro Muntoni, Roberto Mereu, Luigi Atzori, Alessandra Mereu, Sabrina Galassi, Stefania Corda, Paola Frongia, Efisio Angius, Paolo Pusceddu, Paolo Contu, Francesco Cucca, Mauro Congia, Sergio Muntoni

Published in: Acta Diabetologica | Issue 5/2013

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Abstract

The large worldwide variation in type 1 diabetes incidence and increasing incidence over time points toward important environmental risk factors. Among them, nutrition plays an important role. The objective was to investigate the relationship between type 1 diabetes and nutritional factors in pregnancy and early in life. We carried out, using semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaires, a retrospective case–control study in 298 children of 0–15 years old, 145 of which were affected by type 1 diabetes. The diet of all children and of their mothers during pregnancy and lactation was assessed. In children, a statistically significant dose–response association between type 1 diabetes and the amount of meat consumption was found while no other nutritional factors were associated with the disease. High meat consumption seems to be an important early in life cofactor for type 1 diabetes development, although these findings need to be confirmed in wider prospective follow-up studies.
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Metadata
Title
High meat consumption is associated with type 1 diabetes mellitus in a Sardinian case–control study
Authors
Sandro Muntoni
Roberto Mereu
Luigi Atzori
Alessandra Mereu
Sabrina Galassi
Stefania Corda
Paola Frongia
Efisio Angius
Paolo Pusceddu
Paolo Contu
Francesco Cucca
Mauro Congia
Sergio Muntoni
Publication date
01-10-2013
Publisher
Springer Milan
Published in
Acta Diabetologica / Issue 5/2013
Print ISSN: 0940-5429
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5233
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00592-012-0385-2

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