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- Title
The influence of age, gender, insulin dose, BMI, and blood pressure on metabolic control in young patients with type 1 diabetes.
- Authors
Åkesson, Karin; Hanberger, Lena; Samuelsson, Ulf
- Abstract
Objective To explore the relationship between certain clinical variables and metabolic HbA1c at diagnosis correlated to HbA1c at follow-up (p < 0.001). There was a clear gender difference regarding HbA1c. Girls had higher values both at diagnosis and at follow-up (p < 0.001). Girls also had lower BMI and pH at diagnosis than boys (p < 0.001). In contrast, girls with the highest body mass index ( BMI) at follow-up had higher mean HbA1c at follow-up in 2010 (p < 0.001). Having a mother and/or a father with high BMI implied higher HbA1c at diagnosis (p < 0.003). Conclusions HbA1c at diagnosis seems to predict metabolic control years later. There is a gender difference at diagnosis as female patients have higher HbA1c than males at diagnosis as well as at follow up. As metabolic control is very much correlated to complications there is a need to early identify patients at risk of poor metabolic control. Even though we do not know whether a high HbA1c level is mainly due to severity of the disease or to behavioral patterns, new ways to treat and support these children, especially girls, are needed.
- Subjects
DIABETIC acidosis; AGE distribution; BLOOD pressure; BLOOD pressure measurement; CHRONIC diseases; DIABETES; GLYCOSYLATED hemoglobin; INSULIN; METABOLIC regulation; TYPE 1 diabetes; PEDIATRICS; RESEARCH funding; LOGISTIC regression analysis; DATA analysis; BODY mass index; DISEASE duration; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DISEASE complications; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Pediatric Diabetes, 2015, Vol 16, Issue 8, p581
- ISSN
1399-543X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/pedi.12219