Paulino MFVM, Lemos-Marini SHVD, Guerra-Júnior G, Morcillo AM. [Growth and body composition of a cohort of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes].
ARQUIVOS BRASILEIROS DE ENDOCRINOLOGIA E METABOLOGIA 2013;
57:623-31. [PMID:
24343631 DOI:
10.1590/s0004-27302013000800007]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2012] [Accepted: 05/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the growth and body composition of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM).
SUBJECTS AND 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.
CONCLUSION
The patients had adequate growth but showed discrepancy in their body composition during the study.
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