Stefanie Schoen

Breastfeeding duration in families with type 1 diabetes compared to non-affected families: results from BABYDIAB and DONALD studies in Germany.

BACKGROUND There are only a few small studies that compare breastfeeding rates in mothers with and without type 1 diabetes (T1D). STUDY DESIGN We studied breastfeeding duration in 665 German infants whose mother and/or father had T1D from the BABYDIAB Study (data collected between 1992 and 2000) and compared it with data from 268 German infants of unaffected parents from the DONALD Study. RESULTS Infants with a parent who had T1D were less likely to be breastfed and breastfed for shorter lengths of time than infants from unaffected families. Mothers with T1D showed a positive long-term breastfeeding time trend, but did not reach the rates of the DONALD Study. CONCLUSIONS This study identified minor secular trends influencing the differences in breastfeeding initiation and duration between families affected with T1D and those without.

Diet Quality during Infancy and Early Childhood in Children with and without Risk of Type 1 Diabetes: A DEDIPAC Study

Previous studies have indicated that mothers of children at increased risk of type 1 diabetes (T1D) may modify their child’s diet following risk notification. Our aim was to investigate the diet quality after notified of T1D risk in at-risk children compared to not-at-risk children. The quality of nutrient intake (PANDiet score) and food intake (analyzed by a newly developed score and the HuSKY score) were assessed using three-day dietary records collected for at-risk children (BABYDIET study, n = 109) and a matched sample of not-at-risk children (DONALD study, n = 205) at nine and 24 months of age. Nutrient and food intake quality were lower at nine months of age and food intake quality was lower at 24 months of age in at-risk than in not-at-risk children (p = 0.01 and p < 0.0001, respectively). The amount of added sugar was higher in at-risk children at both ages (p < 0.0001). In at-risk children, dietary quality was similar between children who were first exposed to gluten at six or 12 months of age. Despite being notified about their child’s risk of T1D, the child’s mother did not switch to healthier diets compared with not-at-risk mothers.

Food composition database harmonization for between-country comparisons of dietary data in the TEDDY Study

Prevalence of lipid abnormalities before and after the introduction of lipid modifying therapy among Swedish patients with type 2 diabetes and/or coronary heart disease (PRIMULA Sweden)In the ACTION (A Coronary disease Trial Investigating Outcome with Nifedipine GITS) trial, the benefits of adding nifedipine GITS to the treatment of patients with stable symptomatic coronary artery disease were particularly apparent in those with concomitant hypertension. This further analysis has assessed whether or not the addition of nifedipine GITS is particularly beneficial in the treatment of patients with the combination of diabetes mellitus and chronic stable angina.Different sets of risk factors for the development of albuminuria and renal impairment in type 2 diabetes : the Swedish National Diabetes register (NDR)