DEW-IT Diabetes Study

Check out this article published in Pediatrics this month by Dr. Hagopian and his fellow researchers. The data is from the TEDDY study.

They found that "a family history of type 1 diabetes was a potential predictor for co-occurrence of diabetes and celiac disease as were several SNP genotypes but these did not fully account for co-occurrence. "

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2017/10/06/peds.2017-1305

Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Disease: Not the Sweetest of Combinations Both type 1 diabetes and celiac disease are considered autoimmune diseases, and thus prior studies have shown an association between the two. But just how common is it for one to occur after the other, and are there any genetic or demographic factors that would predict the co-occurrence of both in o...

Interesting new paper published in the Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition in July by our sister study, the TEDDY study. They found that cesarian section births did not increase risk for celiac disease. Celiac disease is another autoimmune disorder that has some genetic overlap with type 1 diabetes.

Caesarean Section on The Risk of Celiac Disease in the Offspring: The Teddy Study On Jul 27, 2017 Sibylle Koletzko (and others) published: Caesarean Section on The Risk of Celiac Disease in the Offspring: The Teddy Study