Trends and cyclical variation in the incidence of childhood type 1 diabetes in 26 European centres in the 25 year period 1989-2013: a multicentre prospective registration study

Patterson, Christopher C; Harjutsalo, Valma; Rosenbauer, Joachim; Neu, Andreas; Cinek, Ondrej; Skrivarhaug, Torild; Rami-Merhar, Birgit; Soltesz, Gyula; Svensson, Jannet; Parslow, Roger C; Castell, Conxa; Schoenle, Eugen J; Bingley, Polly J; Dahlquist, Gisela; Jarosz-Chobot, Przemysława K; Marčiulionytė, Dalė; Roche, Edna F; Rothe, Ulrike; Bratina, Natasa; Ionescu-Tirgoviste, Constantin

doi:10.1007/s00125-018-4763-3

Trends and cyclical variation in the incidence of childhood type 1 diabetes in 26 European centres in the 25 year period 1989-2013: a multicentre prospective registration study

Journal

Diabetologia

Date Issued

2019

Author(s)

Patterson, Christopher C

Harjutsalo, Valma

Rosenbauer, Joachim

Neu, Andreas

Cinek, Ondrej

Skrivarhaug, Torild

Rami-Merhar, Birgit

Soltesz, Gyula

Svensson, Jannet

Parslow, Roger C

Castell, Conxa

Schoenle, Eugen J

Bingley, Polly J

Dahlquist, Gisela

Jarosz-Chobot, Przemysława K

Marčiulionytė, Dalė

Roche, Edna F

Rothe, Ulrike

Bratina, Natasa

Ionescu-Tirgoviste, Constantin

Weets, Ilse

Cherubini, Valentino

Rojnic Putarek, Natasa

deBeaufort, Carine E

Samardzic, Mira

Green, Anders

DOI

10.1007/s00125-018-4763-3

Abstract

Against a background of a near-universally increasing incidence of childhood type 1 diabetes, recent reports from some countries suggest a slowing in this increase. Occasional reports also describe cyclical variations in incidence, with periodicities of between 4 and 6 years.