Overview
- Each one-unit increase in a maternal Empirical Dietary Inflammatory Index score corresponded to a 16% higher risk of offspring type 1 diabetes.
- A 10-gram rise in daily maternal gluten intake during pregnancy was linked to a 36% increase in childhood type 1 diabetes risk.
- Associations persisted regardless of the child’s sex or birth weight but were shaped independently by maternal gluten consumption and smoking.
- Researchers analyzed data from the Danish National Birth Cohort covering pregnancies from 1996 to 2002 with follow-up until age 17.
- Authors caution that the observational design cannot prove causality and call for further studies to guide potential updates to pregnancy nutrition advice.