Abstract
Background: Since risk factors for development of type 1 diabetes mellitus vary greatly between different countries, so study of the epidemiological features of type 1 diabetes mellitus in our country may suggest the most important risk factors that could be prevented in the future. We aimed to identify the main epidemiological patterns and risk factors for newly diagnosed children with T1DM in Egypt.
Aim of Study: To determine the rate of newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes and to find out the different risk factors associated with type 1 DM among infants and children attended Assiut University Children Hospital.
Patients and Methods: A descriptive case- control hospital based study included 179 case of newly diagnosed T1DM children who attended Assuit University Children Hospital and similar number as a controls during a period of one year.
Results: Our results indicate that our study children with T1DM had positive family history of DM, about 76% of them ingest junk foods, with late age of introduction of cereal and gluten, small for gestational age delivery, with prolonged normal vaginal delivery and high socioeconomic state.
Conclusion: Environmental factors have an important role in development of T1DM in the form of exposure to environmental risk factors during perinatal and neonatal period and also exposure to environmental factors during the first years of life as feeding pattern. There was no significant statistically difference as regard viral infection and maternal diseases.