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Miettinen ME, Niinistö S, Erlund I, Cuthbertson D, Nucci AM, Honkanen J, Vaarala O, Hyöty H, Krischer JP, Knip M, Virtanen SM. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration in childhood and risk of islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes: the TRIGR nested case-control ancillary study. Diabetologia 2020; 63:780-787. [PMID: 31912198 PMCID: PMC7054378 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-019-05077-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Our aim was to study the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) concentration and islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes in children with an increased genetic risk of type 1 diabetes. METHODS Serum samples for 25OHD measurements were obtained in the Trial to Reduce IDDM in the Genetically at Risk (TRIGR) ancillary study (Divia) from children in 15 countries. Case children (n = 244) were defined as having positivity for at least two out of four diabetes-associated autoantibodies measured at any one sample. For each case child, two control children were selected matched for country and date of birth (±1 year) (n = 488). Of the case children, 144 developed type 1 diabetes. Serum 25OHD was measured repeatedly in infancy and childhood and was compared according to age at the first seroconversion (at 6, 12 and 18 months prior to and at seroconversion) and calendar age (0, 6, 12 and 18 months). RESULTS In children with islet autoimmunity, mean serum 25OHD concentration was lower 18 months prior to the age of first seroconversion of the case children compared with the control children (57.7 vs 64.8 nmol/l, p = 0.007). In children with type 1 diabetes (n = 144), mean serum 25OHD concentration was lower 18 months prior to the age of the first seroconversion (58.0 vs 65.0 nmol/l, p = 0.018) and at the calendar age of 12 months (70.1 vs 75.9 nmol/l, p = 0.031) than in their control counterparts. Analyses were adjusted for month of sample collection, human leucocyte antigen genotype, maternal type 1 diabetes and sex. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION The results suggest that early postnatal vitamin D may confer protection against the development of type 1 diabetes. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00179777.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maija E Miettinen
- Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institute for Health and Welfare, PO Box 30, 00271, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institute for Health and Welfare, PO Box 30, 00271, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institute for Health and Welfare, PO Box 30, 00271, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Government Services, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Health Informatics Institute, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Nutrition, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Scientific Laboratory, Clinicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Scientific Laboratory, Clinicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
- Fimlab Laboratories, Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Tampere, Finland
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- Health Informatics Institute, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
- Research Program for Clinical and Molecular Metabolism, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Pediatrics, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institute for Health and Welfare, PO Box 30, 00271, Helsinki, Finland
- Faculty of Social Sciences, Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
- Research, Development and Innovation Center, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
- Center for Child Health Research, Tampere University and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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