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Published in: Diabetologia 7/2017

01-07-2017 | Letter

Studies into severe famine in early life and diabetes in adulthood: the need to control for differences in participant age and location

Authors: Chihua Li, L. H. Lumey

Published in: Diabetologia | Issue 7/2017

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To the Editor: In their very interesting study of China’s Great Famine of 1959–1962, Wang et al conclude that exposure to famine in the fetal or childhood period may increase diabetes risk in adulthood, and that both the prenatal and postnatal periods may offer critical time windows for the determination of diabetes risk [1]. These conclusions are incomplete and potentially misleading. …
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Wang N, Cheng J, Han B et al (2017) Exposure to severe famine in the prenatal or postnatal period and the development of diabetes in adulthood: an observational study. Diabetologia 60:262–269CrossRefPubMed
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Li C, Lumey LH (2017) Exposure to the Chinese famine of 1959-61 in early life and long-term health conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Epidemiol. doi:10.​1093/​ije/​dyx013
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Lumey LH, Stein A, Kahn H (2009) Food restriction during gestation and impaired fasting glucose or glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes mellitus in adulthood: evidence from the Dutch Hunger Winter Families Study. J Dev Orig Health Dis 1(Suppl 1):S164 Abstract
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Lumey LH, Khalangot MD, Vaiserman AM (2015) Association between type 2 diabetes and prenatal exposure to the Ukraine famine of 1932–33: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 3:787–794CrossRefPubMed
Metadata
Title
Studies into severe famine in early life and diabetes in adulthood: the need to control for differences in participant age and location
Authors
Chihua Li
L. H. Lumey
Publication date
01-07-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Diabetologia / Issue 7/2017
Print ISSN: 0012-186X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-017-4300-9

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