Lipoprotein(a) and other cardiovascular metabolic risk factors in Kuwaiti children with type-1 diabetes.
OBJECTIVE
Lipoprotein(a) synthesis and catabolism could be influenced by insulin or by diabetes metabolic complications in patients with type-1 diabetes. The aim of the study was to investigate the relation of plasma lipoprotein(a) concentrations with metabolic cardiovascular risk factors in Kuwaiti children with uncomplicated type-1 diabetes.


METHODS
This case-control study included 115 (44 males and 71 females) diabetic children aged 6-18 years matched by age and sex to 115 non-diabetic children as controls.


RESULTS
There was no significant difference between the mean lipoprotein(a) concentrations in type-1 diabetic children (27.34 mg/dl) and their controls (22.80 mg/dl). Total cholesterol, apolipoprotein A1 and B levels were significantly higher in diabetic children than controls. In diabetic children, significant correlations were found between lipoprotein(a) levels and glycated hemoglobin (r = 0.249, p = 0.011), total cholesterol (r = 0.208, p = 0.025), and apolipoprotein B (r = 0.349, p < 0.001). The proportion of diabetic children with lipoprotein(a) >30 mg/dl was significantly higher in those having poor glycemic control (glycated hemoglobin >9.0%, p = 0.013), raised total cholesterol (p = 0.033), or with a family history of cardiovascular disease (p = 0.006).


CONCLUSIONS
Plasma lipoprotein(a) levels were not elevated in young type-1 diabetic children compared to non-diabetic controls; however, lipoprotein(a) levels were significantly higher in diabetic children with poor glycemic control. Moreover, there were significant correlations between lipoprotein(a) and the metabolic cardiovascular risk factors total cholesterol, atherogenic index, apolipoprotein B and apolipoprotein B/A1 ratio.
Department of Community Medicine and Behavioural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait. amoussa@hse.kuniv.edu.kw
M A A
MA
Moussa
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M
Alsaeid
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Abdella
T M K
TM
Refai
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Al-Sheikh
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Gomez
D000293:Adolescent; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007730:Kuwait; D017270:Lipoprotein(a) / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors
D001786:Blood Glucose; D002784:Cholesterol; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D017270:Lipoprotein(a)