Spatial and temporal variation in type 1 diabetes incidence in Western Australia from 1991 to 2010: Increased risk at higher latitudes and over time.
Health Place. 2014 Jun 9;28C:194-204. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.05.004. [Epub ahead of print]
Ball SJ1, Haynes A2, Jacoby P3, Pereira G4, Miller LJ5, Bower C6, Davis EA7.
1 Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, 100 Roberts Road, Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia. Electronic address: stephen.ball at telethonkids.org.au.
2 Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, 100 Roberts Road, Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia; Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Princess Margaret Hospital, Roberts Road, Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia. Electronic address: aveni.haynes at health.wa.gov.au.
3 Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, 100 Roberts Road, Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia. Electronic address: peter.jacoby at telethonkids.org.au.
4 Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, 100 Roberts Road, Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia; Yale Center for Perinatal, Pediatric and Environmental Epidemiology, Yale University, One Church Street, 6th Floor, New Haven, CT 06510, USA. Electronic address: gavin.pereira at telethonkids.org.au.
5 Public Health & Clinical Services Division, Western Australian Department of Health, 189 Royal St, East Perth, WA 6004, Australia. Electronic address: laura.j.miller2 at health.wa.gov.au.
6 Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, 100 Roberts Road, Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia. Electronic address: carol.bower at telethonkids.org.au.
7 Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, 100 Roberts Road, Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia; Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Princess Margaret Hospital, Roberts Road, Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia. Electronic address: elizabeth.davis at health.wa.gov.au.
This study analysed spatial and temporal variation in childhood incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) among Western Australia׳s 36 Health Districts from 1991 to 2010. There was a strong latitudinal gradient of 3.5% (95% CI, 0.2-7.2) increased risk of T1DM per degree south of the Equator, as averaged across the range 15-35° south. This pattern is consistent with the hypothesis of vitamin D deficiency at higher latitudes.
In addition there was a 2.4% (95% CI, 1.3-3.6) average increase in T1DM incidence per year.
These effects could not be explained by population density, socioeconomic status, remoteness or ethnicity.
Increase about 27 % (compounding 2.4% for a decade
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- T1 Diabetes increased about 15 percent per decade in Eastern Canada – Oct 2012 15% in Eastern Canada vs 27% in Australia
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- Overview Diabetes and vitamin D contains the following summary
- Diabetes is 5X more frequent far from the equator
- Children getting 2,000 IU of vitamin D are 8X less likely to get Type 1 diabetes
- Obese people get less sun / Vitamin D - and also vitamin D gets lost in fat
- Sedentary people get less sun / Vitamin D
- Worldwide Diabetes increase has been concurrent with vitamin D decrease and air conditioning
- Elderly get 4X less vitamin D from the same amount of sun
Elderly also spend less time outdoors and have more clothes on - All items in category Diabetes and Vitamin D
454 items: both Type 1 and Type 2 Vitamin D appears to both prevent and treat diabetes
- Appears that >2,000 IU will Prevent
- Appears that >4,000 IU will Treat , but not cure
- Appears that Calcium and Magnesium are needed for both Prevention and Treatment
- which are just some of the vitamin D cofactors
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- Dark Skin
22 ; Intervention 49 ; Meta-analysis 28 ; Obesity 26 ; Pregnancy 39 ; T1 (child) 34 ; Omega-3 10 ; Vitamin D Receptor 18 ; Genetics 10 ; Magnesium 18 Click here to see details Dr. Holick video on vitamin D - March 2013 video has the following
See also web
- The rise in type I diabetes: A look at the theories behind the increase Vitamin D Council, July 2013
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