title: Stature at time of diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the stature of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus at diagnosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We collected data from 451 records of children who were examined in a pediatric diabetes clinic and used data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for 10 522 children as control group. Analytical techniques included linear and logistic regression modeling. A semiquantitative meta-analysis evaluated 38 earlier publications that contain information on height at the onset of diabetes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Children <1 year of age were shorter than their peers by 1 standard deviation, whereas those from 3 years to near puberty were taller by approximately 0.3 standard deviation. Adjusting for parental height caused this difference to disappear for the older children but not for the infants. The meta-analysis results paralleled these observations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Taller children generally seem to experience increased risk for development of diabetes mellitus type 1, except perhaps during infancy or early adolescence. This observation may have implications regarding pathogenesis of this disorder.
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, Illinois, USA. jdiliberti@nc.rr.com
authors.forename: John H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: DiLiberti
authors.forename: Koryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Carver
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Parton
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Totka
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mick
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McCormick
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017668:Age of Onset; D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016014:Linear Models; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors