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Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo 2003 Volume 131, Issue 5-6, Pages: 238-243
https://doi.org/10.2298/SARH0306238S
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Some parental characteristics and habits of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus children

Šipetić Sandra B. (Institut za epidemiologiju, Medicinski fakultet, Beograd)
Vlajinac Hristina D. ORCID iD icon (Institut za epidemiologiju, Medicinski fakultet, Beograd)
Kocev Nikola (Institut za socijalnu medicinu, statistiku i zdravstveno istraživanje, Beograd)
Radmanović Slobodan (Institut za majku i dete, Novi Beograd)

The aim of this case-control study conducted in Belgrade during 1994-1997 was to investigate whether parental demographic characteristics and habits are associated with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Case group comprised 105 children up to 16 years old with IDDM and control group comprised 210 children with skin diseases. Cases and controls were individually matched by age (± one year), sex and place of residence (Belgrade). According to %l test results, children with IDDM significantly had five or more family members and they also significantly more frequently had poor socio-economic status than their controls. Higher education of fathers was significantly more frequently reported in diabetic children, in comparison with their controls. Parents of diabetic children were significantly more frequently occupationally exposed to radiation petroleum, and its derivates, organic solvents, dyes and lacquers. During pregnancy mothers of diabetic children significantly more frequently smoked cigarettes and consumed coffee, coca-cola, alcohol and foods containing nitrosamines. Fathers of diabetic children more frequently consumed alcohol.

Keywords: parental characteristics, parental habits, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

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