article_snippet.sent: Swedish scientists analysed more than 10,000 families with children aged two to 14 who did not have the condition, looking at whether there was any family conflict, a change of family structure, interventions from social services or unemployment.
article_snippet.sent: The team at Linkoping University suggested damaging events in childhood could affect beta cells and raise insulin demands to cope with elevated levels of stress hormones.
article_snippet.sent: The study concluded: ‘The experience of a serious life event during the first 14 years of life may be a risk factor.
article_snippet.sent: The study suggested damaging events in childhood could affect beta cells and raise insulin demands to cope with elevated levels of stress hormones.
article_snippet.sent: The study examined serious life events experienced at any time before diagnosis; further studies are thus needed to determine when in the autoimmune process psychological stress may contribute.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Swedish scientists analysed more than 10,000 families in the study .
  