Arterial stiffness is not increased in teens with early uncomplicated type 1 diabetes mellitus.
People with type 1 diabetes mellitus are at an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality. Studies comparing arterial stiffness between subjects with type 1 diabetes and nondiabetic controls have provided controversial findings.We investigated brachial–ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) in 87 teenagers with type 1 diabetes mellitus and in 21 matched healthy controls. Our data show that baPWV was not increased in teenagers after a median illness of 5 years.
Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Chang Gung Children’s Hospital, Lin-Kou Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Mei-Ching
MC
Yu
Fu-Sung
FS
Lo
Meng-Kung
MK
Yu
Wen-Hung
WH
Huang
Fan
F
Lee
D000293:Adolescent; D055109:Ankle Brachial Index; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011673:Pulsatile Flow / Q000502:physiology*; D059289:Vascular Stiffness