A child's risk of developing certain diseases may depend on what time of year he was born.. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania found that people born in winter are more likely to experience strokes in adulthood, and those born in autumn are less likely to experience diabetes..

Babies born between December and March were more likely to develop an arrhythmia, which is known to significantly increase the chance of having a stroke, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association..

The increased risk of stroke in those born in winter, scientists say, may be due to the fact that the first trimester of pregnancy of their mothers fell in the summer, when air pollution levels are usually highest..

Researchers also found that children born in the fall are less likely to experience diabetes.. This is due to the fact that their mothers' third trimester of pregnancy is in the summer, so they get a lot of vitamin D, which strengthens the immune system..

As part of this study, experts analyzed data from 10.5 million people from the United States, South Korea and Taiwan..

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