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Frank, Nicole M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0833-4681
Lynch, Kristian F.
Uusitalo, Ulla
Yang, Jimin
Lönnrot, Maria
Virtanen, Suvi M.
Hyöty, Heikki
Norris, Jill M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (U01 DK63829, U01 DK63861, U01 DK63821, U01 DK63865, U01 DK63863, U01 DK63836, U01 DK63790, UC4 DK63829, UC4 DK63861, UC4 DK63821, UC4 DK63865, UC4 DK63863, UC4 DK63836, UC4 DK95300, UC4 DK100238, UC4 DK106955, UC4 DK112243, UC4 DK117483, and Contract No. HHSN267200700014C)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (x)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (x)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (x)
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (x)
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation United States of America (x)
Article History
Received: 1 February 2019
Accepted: 26 August 2019
First Online: 18 September 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Written informed consents were obtained for all study participants from a parent or primary caretaker for genetic screening and, separately, for participation in prospective follow-up.This study was approved by the following Ethics Committees:Colorado: Colorado Multiple Institutional Review Board, # 04–0361.Georgia: Medical College of Georgia Human Assurance Committee (2004–2010)/Georgia Health Sciences University Human Assurance Committee (2011–2012)/Georgia Regents University Institutional Review Board (2013–2017)/Augusta University Institutional Review Board (2017-present), # HAC 0405380.Florida: University of Florida Health Center Institutional Review Board, # IRB201600277.Washington: Washington State Institutional Review Board (2004–2012)/Western Institutional Review Board (2013-present), # 20130211.Finland: Ethics Committee of the Hospital District of Southwest Finland, # Dnro168/2004.Germany: Bayerischen Landesärztekammer (Bavarian Medical Association) Ethics Committee, # 04089.Sweden: Regional Ethics Board in Lund, Section 2 (2004–2012)/Lund University Committee for Continuing Ethical Review (2013-present), # 217/2004.
: Not applicable
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.