Dynamics of the incidence of type 1 diabetes among children and adolescents of the Republic of Belarus living in various environmental conditions
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Abstract
The epidemiological surveys made in different countries suggest that there has been an increase in the incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) in the past decades. The reports made at the General Assembly of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effect of Atomic Radiation (2001) stated that the influence of a radiation factor might initiate an autoimmune reaction and genetic changes. The purpose of this study was to define the trend of DM1 in children and adolescents from different regions of the Republic of Belarus.
To study the trend of DM1 in children and adolescents, two regions were selected. These were the Gomel Region that had been mostly suffered from the Chernobyl accident and the Minsk Region as a relatively "pure" region. This stage of the study used computer databases for registration of patients with DM1, analyzed the 1980-2001 final statistical reports and archival data on the Minsk and Gomel Regions and the Republic of Belarus as a whole.
The study revealed a significant rise in morbidity among the children and adolescents of the Gomel Region in 1987-2001 as compared with 1980-1986, which was not observed in the Minsk Region. At the same time the incidence of DM1 was statistically significantly higher in the Gomel Region than in the Minsk Region in 1987 to 2001 without significant differences being found in the period before the accident.
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T. V. MokhortState Research Clinical Institute of Radiation Medicine and Endocrinology
Belarus
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Mokhort T.V. Dynamics of the incidence of type 1 diabetes among children and adolescents of the Republic of Belarus living in various environmental conditions. Problems of Endocrinology. 2004;50(6):14-18. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.14341/probl11617
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