title: Serum apolipoproteins A-I, A-II and B in diabetic children and matched healthy controls.
abstract: Serum concentrations of apolipoprotein (apo) A-I. A-II and B were determined in 28 diabetic children (age 3-16 years) and 14 healthy matched controls. In the healthy children the serum apo A-I concentration was 120 +/- 20 arbitrary units (A.U.) (mean +/- S.D.), apo A-II 111 +/- 14 A.U. and apo B 100 +/- 34 A.U. (100 A.U. = mean concentration in adult blood donors). The apo A-I concentration was significantly higher in the diabetic children (134 +/- 13; p less than 0.02) than in the healthy controls. In diabetics apo A-II was 116 +/- 14 A.U. and apo B 106 +/- 21 A.U., values not significantly different from those in the controls. The serum cholesterol concentration in the healthy children correlated strongly to apo A-I and apo A-II, which was not the case in the diabetics. The differences between diabetic and healthy children with respect to correlations between the apolipoproteins and the serum lipids might indicate a different apolipoprotein/lipoprotein lipid relationship in diabetics.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D016633:Apolipoprotein A-II; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D001055:Apolipoproteins B; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006441:Hemoglobin A / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D016633:Apolipoprotein A-II; D001053:Apolipoproteins; D001055:Apolipoproteins B; D001786:Blood Glucose; D008055:Lipids; D006441:Hemoglobin A