Bone mass in young patients with type I diabetes.
We measured bone mineral content (BMC) with single photon absorptiometry in two groups of young patients with type I diabetes: the first group (prospective study) consists of 48 patients followed from onset to the third year of diabetes and the second group (cross-sectional study) consists of 66 long-term diabetics. Bone mineral content at onset of disease was lower than normal in only two cases. After 3 years of diabetes no male revealed BMC below the normal range but two females (6.6%) had low BMC values. In our cross-sectional study we found a BMC reduction in 12% of the cases. We did not find a relationship between bone deficit and duration of diabetes, or bone mass values and HbA1.
Weber
G
G
Instituto Scientifico H San Raffaele, Clinica Pediatrica III, Milano, Italy.
Beccaria
L
L
de'Angelis
M
M
Mora
S
S
Galli
L
L
Cazzuffi
M A
MA
Turba
F
F
Frisone
F
F
Guarneri
M P
MP
Chiumello
G
G
D000293:Adolescent; D015519:Bone Density / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors
D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin