Research Article

Maternal Enterovirus Infection during Pregnancy as a Risk Factor in Offspring Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes between 15 and 30 Years of Age

Table 1

Enterovirus findings in serum samples taken at delivery from mothers whose children developed type 1 diabetes in adolescence and young adulthood (Fisher's exact test).

Index mothers ( )Control mothers ( ) value
Positive (%)Negative (%)Positive (%)Negative (%)

Enterovirus IgM9 (30)21 (70)14 (16)76 (84)0.11
Enterovirus IgM high titers5 (17)25 (83)8 (9)82 (91)0.31
Enterovirus RNA030 (100)4 (4)86 (96)0.57