[Overweight - problem in pediatric patients. Part II. Weight gain in insulin treatment of adolescent diabetic girls].
Adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus, especially diabetic pubertal girls, have been found to be more prone to high body mass index than their non-diabetic peers. It is an important problem because it has been associated with risk of cardiovascular complications and other. The study was performed in 93 diabetic girls aged from 14 to 18 years, duration of diabetes varied from 6.4 to 7.7 years. The control group consisted of 75 non diabetic girls matched for age. Girls with type 1 diabetes are more overweight than their peers. In the non diabetic subjects BMI was 20.60+/-0.24 kg/m2, in the diabetic girls BMI was significantly higher, mean 22.70+/-0.23 kg/m2, which indicates a need of more effective prevention of obesity in diabetic children and adolescents, especially in pubertal girls.
Jarosz-Chobot
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