@article{45c06bb982474eb18d98ece79b0bd496,
title = "Birth order and childhood type 1 diabetes risk: a pooled analysis of 31 observational studies",
abstract = "The incidence rates of childhood onset type 1 diabetes are almost universally increasing across the globe but the aetiology of the disease remains largely unknown. We investigated whether birth order is associated with the risk of childhood diabetes by performing a pooled analysis of previous studies.",
keywords = "Birth Order, Case-Control Studies, Child, Preschool, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Female, Humans, Maternal Age, Odds Ratio",
author = "Cardwell, {Chris R} and Stene, {Lars C} and Geir Joner and Bulsara, {Max K} and Ondrej Cinek and Joachim Rosenbauer and Johnny Ludvigsson and Jannet Svensson and Goldacre, {Michael J} and Thomas Waldhoer and Przemyslawa Jarosz-Chobot and Gimeno, {Suely Ga} and Lee-Ming Chuang and Roberts, {Christine L} and Parslow, {Roger C} and Wadsworth, {Emma Jk} and Amanda Chetwynd and Girts Brigis and Brone Urbonaite and Sandra Sipetic and Edith Schober and Gabriele Devoti and Constantin Ionescu-Tirgoviste and {de Beaufort}, {Carine E} and Denka Stoyanov and Karsten Buschard and Katja Radon and Christopher Glatthaar and Patterson, {Chris C}",
year = "2011",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1093/ije/dyq207",
language = "English",
volume = "40",
pages = "363--74",
journal = "International Journal of Epidemiology",
issn = "0300-5771",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "2",
}