Effect of feeding millet (Sorghum vulgarie) protein on heart lipids of rats
In a longitudinal study of 5362 children born in 1946 the prevalence of juvenile onset diabetes at ages 0 to 26 yr was found to be 3.5 per 1000. Although this seems a relatively large figure it accords well with rates found in other investigations where intensive medical observation of well defined at risk populations has been possible. Of the 16 cases, 14 were detected in some kind of screening situation (chiefly medical examination in pregnancy or at work) and this may, in part, account for the bias towards the non manual classes of the diabetic population. This class bias may also reflect the influence of environmental factors, as may the relatively low incidence of juvenile diabetes before the age of 16 yr in this cohort born in 1946, compared with the incidence in the cohort born in 1958.
