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Thanks to The Norwegian Childhood Diabetes Registry for data on children with type 1 diabetes, and Tone Kvalvik at the Hormone laboratory, Oslo University Hospital for 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D analyses.
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This study was supported by grants from the South-East Regional Health Authority of Norway, the Research Unit at Women and Children’s Division at Oslo University Hospital Ullevål and by Oslo Diabetes Research Centre.
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IMS, LCS, and GJ designed and conducted the research. IMS and LCS analyzed the data. LCS performed the statistical analysis. PAJ and AE organized the original cohort. SRD provided essential reagents. IMS and LCS wrote the article. All authors commented on the manuscript, and LCS is the guarantor of this work.
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Sørensen, I.M., Joner, G., Jenum, P.A. et al. Maternal serum calcitriol during pregnancy and risk of childhood onset type 1 diabetes. Acta Diabetol 54, 1143–1145 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00592-017-1045-3
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