title: Monitoring of early and advanced glycation in relation to the occurrence of microvascular complications in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
abstract: The authors aimed to evaluate if the monitoring of serum advanced glycation end-products (s-AGEs) could help to predict a development of diabetic complications. Clinical and biochemical parameters including fructosamine (FAM), glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and serum AGEs were investigated in children and adolescents with 1 type diabetes with (+DC) and without (-DC) complications. FAM levels (in mmol/l) were significantly elevated in +DC diabetic group compared to -DC one (3.043+/-0.459 vs. 2.614+/-0.430; p<0.001) or to controls (3.043+/-0.459 vs. 1.620+/-0.340; p<0.001) as well as in -DC compared to controls (2.614+/-0.430 vs. 1.620+/-0.340; p<0.001). HbA1c (in %) were significantly elevated in +DC diabetic group compared to -DC one (10.48+/-1.83 vs. 8.41+/-1.19; p<<0.001) or to controls (10.48+/-1.83 vs. 5.0+/-0.38, p<<0.001) and also in -DC compared to controls (8.41+/-1.19 vs. 5.0+/-0.38; p<0.001). Serum AGEs levels (in A. U.) were significantly higher in +DC group than in -DC (73.0+/-14.09 vs. 65.8+/-9.05; p<0.05) and in group +DC than in controls (73.0+/-14.09 vs. 60.17+/-13.78; p<0.05), whereas there was no difference between -DC and controls. FAM correlated with HbA1c in both diabetic groups (+DC: r=0.374; p<0.05; -DC: r=0.719; p<0.001), but not in controls. Serum AGEs were correlated with HbA1c (r=0.478; p=0.003) in +DC, but not in -DC or controls. Enhanced serum AGEs levels show that they could be not only an attendant phenomenon of microangiopathies, but also a predictor of their development.
authors.affiliation: Children Diabetological Center of the Slovak Republic, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kostolanská
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jakus
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barák
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002199:Capillary Permeability / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000097:blood*; D019270:Fructosamine / Q000097:blood; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D017127:Glycation End Products, Advanced / Q000097:blood*; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D019270:Fructosamine; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D017127:Glycation End Products, Advanced