Table 1.
Frequency of rotavirus infections experienced by study subjects before the seroconversion of diabetes associated autoantibodies
| Seropositive for rotavirus antibodies | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Matched controls | ||||
| Time of autoantibody appearance | n | % | n | % | p |
| Any autoantibody | |||||
| 6 months | 1/3 | 33 | 0/12 | 0 | 0·20 |
| 12 months | 1/13 | 7 | 12/61 | 20 | 0·44 |
| 18 months | 4/22 | 18 | 18/89 | 20 | >0·99 |
| 24 months | 5/27 | 19 | 32/113 | 28 | 0·34 |
| ICA | |||||
| 6 months | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 months | 2/8 | 25 | 16/35 | 46 | 0·43 |
| 18 months | 6/18 | 33 | 24/66 | 36 | >0·99 |
| 24 months | 8/25 | 32 | 44/96 | 46 | 0·36 |
| IAA | |||||
| 6 months | 1/3 | 33 | 0/12 | 0 | 0·20 |
| 12 months | 1/13 | 8 | 12/63 | 19 | 0·45 |
| 18 months | 4/21 | 19 | 19/89 | 21 | >0·99 |
| 24 months | 4/24 | 17 | 26/101 | 26 | 0·43 |
| GADA | |||||
| 6 months | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 months | 2/8 | 25 | 10/27 | 37 | 0·69 |
| 18 months | 6/19 | 32 | 23/65 | 36 | >0·99 |
| 24 months | 7/21 | 33 | 31/76 | 41 | 0·62 |
| IA-2 | |||||
| 6 months | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 months | 1/2 | 50 | 2/6 | 33 | >0·99 |
| 18 months | 3/9 | 33 | 8/17 | 47 | 0·68 |
| 24 months | 3/11 | 27 | 10/27 | 37 | 0·71 |