Abstract

Olsson et al. (1) describe an association between high levels of education and an increased risk of autoimmune diabetes in adults. They propose “the hygiene hypothesis” as an explanation for their results indicating that childhood environment and a low prevalence of childhood infections might contribute to the evolution of autoimmune diabetes. We would like to draw the attention to …

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