title: [Analysis of body composition with the use of bioimpedance in children with type 1 diabetes].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Patients with diagnosed type 1 diabetes are a group particularly exposed to cardiovascular complications related to obesity. According to some previous data, one of the useful methods to analyze body composition may be a method of bioelectrical impedance.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this research was to make an attempt of finding a correlation between anthropometric indicators and results of lipids profile and data obtained from bioelectrical impedance tests in children with diabetes.
  
  
  METHODS
  The research sample comprised of 104 children with diabetes type 1 and 313 children without diabetes (a reference group). Anthropometric measurements were made in both groups. Furthermore data from lipids profile results was collected, as well as data from bioelectrical impedance analysis, such as: percentage and quantity (in kilograms) content of adipose tissue, fat-free body mass and total water content in the body.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The tested and the reference groups were not different in respect of percentage content of adipose tissue, fat mass, fat-free body mass and total water content in the body. Substantially lower fat mass was noticed among children with overweight or obesity and diabetes than in the control children with overweight/obesity. In the whole sample a connection between percentage fat content and fat mass and standardized body mass index and waist circumference was noticed. The connection was stronger in the reference group, than among children with diabetes. Correlation between percentage content of adipose tissue with the fraction HLD-cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol and values of blood pressure were observed in the whole sample.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of our research the confirm correlation between anthropometric parameters and the data collected from bioelectrical impedance. Those connections are, however, stronger in the group of children without diabetes than with diabetes, which questions the usefulness of this method in evaluation of adipose tissue among children treated with insulin.
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authors.lastname: Niewadzi
authors.forename: Barbara
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authors.lastname: Głowińska-Olszewska
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authors.lastname: Czaban
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authors.lastname: Białokoz-Kalinowska
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authors.lastname: Piotrowska-Jastrzębska
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mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D001823:Body Composition / Q000502:physiology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017097:Electric Impedance; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012016:Reference Values