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Routine childhood vaccinations did not increase the risk of incident type 1 diabetes in Danish children

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.7.4.121

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    Hviid A, Stellfeld M, Wohlfahrt J, et al. Childhood vaccination and type 1 diabetes. N Engl J Med 2004;350:1398–404.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Q Are routinely administered childhood vaccines associated with an increased incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus in a cohort of Danish children?

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    a cohort study of children followed up from birth to a mean age of 6.4 years.

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    Denmark.

    Embedded ImageParticipants:

    739 694 children born in Denmark from January 1990 to December 2000.

    Embedded ImageRisk factors:

    vaccinations with any of 6 groups of vaccines including Haemophilus influenza type b; diphtheria, tetanus, and inactivated poliovirus; diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis, and inactivated poliovirus; …

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    • For correspondence: Mr A Hviid, Danish Epidemiology Science Centre, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark. aiissi.dk

    • Sources of funding: Danish National Research Foundation and the Danish Medical Research Council.