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Publication Information
Affiliation
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida, 12902 Magnolia Dr., Tampa, FL 33612, USA. jpkrischer@moffitt.usf.edu
Authors
Cuthbertson DD, Diabetes Prevention Trial-Type 1 Study Group, Greenbaum C, Krischer JP
Studies
Citation
Krischer JP, Cuthbertson DD, Greenbaum C, Diabetes Prevention Trial-Type 1 Study Group. Male sex increases the risk of autoimmunity but not type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care 2004 Aug;27(8):1985-90.Abstract
The goal of this study was to explore the role of sex on the prevalence of autoantibodies, protective genetic subtypes, beta-cell function, and the incidence of type 1 diabetes in a population of first- and second-degree relatives of patients with type 1 diabetes (probands). We examined both the effect of the sex of the individual screened as well as the effect of the sex of the individual's proband on diabetes risk variables tested.