title: [Growth and body composition of a cohort of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the growth and body composition of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM).
  
  
  METHODS
  A cohort of 44 patients with T1DM were followed up for approximately four years and compared with a control group. Weight, height, body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage (BF%), fat mass index, waist circumference (WC) and waist-height ratio were determined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In females, in the first evaluation, BF% was lower in patients than in controls, while in the second evaluation, mean WC was higher in patients than in controls. In males, height of the patients was lower in the first evaluation, while body mass index (BMI) was higher in the second one. We did not find any differences among the changes in height, weight and BMI z-scores and BF% or in the distribution of those z-scores between the two evaluations, in both groups. Multiple regression analysis found differences in BMI and waist-height ratio in both sexes and also in WC in females.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The patients had adequate growth but showed discrepancy in their body composition during the study.
authors.forename: Maria Fernanda Vanti Macedo
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Paulino
authors.forename: Sofia Helena Valente de
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lemos-Marini
authors.forename: Gil
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guerra-Júnior
authors.forename: André Moreno
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Morcillo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development / Q000502:physiology*; D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton / Q000379:methods; D001823:Body Composition / Q000502:physiology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D049628:Body Size / Q000502:physiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007182:Income; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D055105:Waist Circumference
chemical_list: D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin