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01-12-2009 | Research Letter
Seasonality of birth in adult type 2 diabetic patients in three Ukrainian regions
Authors:
A. M. Vaiserman, M. D. Khalangot, B. Carstensen, M. D. Tronko, V. I. Kravchenko, V. P. Voitenko, L. V. Mechova, N. M. Koshel, P. E. Grigoriev
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Diabetologia
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Issue 12/2009
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Excerpt
To the Editor: Epidemiological studies have repeatedly shown a link between poor fetal growth and increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes [
1]. Month of birth is a good instrument for the assessment of effects of early growth on adult health independent of life-course factors. This is true because in decades past there were important seasonal differences in nutrition, especially in developing countries such as Ukraine. These differences in access to high-quality food supply can potentially influence intrauterine growth, depending on the month of gestation [
2]. Other possible triggering factors for developing type 2 diabetes, such as production of vitamin D [
3] and outdoor temperature [
4], also tend to change seasonally. …
