title: [Clinical and epidemiological study of a group of patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus lost to longitudinal follow-up].
abstract: The Authors report the results of a retrospective study aimed to assess the clinical and biochemical parameters of a series of patients suffering from insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) who came out their regular follow up. 90 patients (44 males, 46 females; IDDM mean duration 10.51 yrs) who came out follow-up between 1978-1988, were evaluated by a multiple choice questionnaire. The prevalence of the degenerative complications were particularly focused. An increased prevalence of ocular (21%) and renal (12%) damage was found. Moreover this population showed a higher prevalence of degenerative complications in front of another IDDM series in regular follow up with the same mean age of disease (35.8% vs 6.4%). This data underline the role of clinical management of IDDM to prevent its degenerative complications.
authors.affiliation: Divisione Pediatria II, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Picco
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buoncompagni
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gandullia
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Piccotti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010352:Patient Dropouts; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Caratterizzazione clinico-epidemiologica di una popolazione di soggetti affetti da diabete mellito insulino-dipendente fuoriusciti dal diretto controllo longitudinale.