title: [Final size attained in type 1 diabetes children].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the final height and height-gain in relation to target height, in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus, and analyse their relationship to different variables.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective analysis of the growth data of 52 children (27 girls) diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus before 14 years old, and followed up until their final height was attained.
  
  
  METHODS
  final height, target height, illness duration, glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), insulin dose, BMI, and other autoimmune diseases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The height SDS (standard deviation scale) at diagnosis was slightly higher (0.734 in boys and 0.563 in girls). During the development of the disease, a growth reduction was seen, which was significantly higher in boys of prepubertal age (p = 0.016). The mean final height attained was 173.14 +/- 5.28 cm in boys and 161.9 +/- 6.97 cm in girls. Height gain was 1.56 +/- 3.66 in boys (SDS = -0.034) and 2.26 +/- 6.13 in girls (SDS = 0.385). The only variable significantly related to height gain was mean glycated-haemoglobin (growth reduction of 2 cm for every increment of 1% in mean glycated-haemoglobin).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  At onset, diabetic children were slightly taller than the general population. A growth reduction was shown as the disease developed, significantly higher in boys of prepubertal age. The final height in boys was slightly lower than the mean, but in girls was similar to the general population. Both sexes attained their target height, although the height gain was less in boys. Poorer metabolic control was associated with reduced height gain.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Endocrinología Infantil, Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Torrecárdenas, Almería, España. r.galera@yahoo.es
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Galera Martínez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: García García
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Gámez Gómez
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gómez Llorente
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Garrido Fernández
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bonillo Perales
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies