Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in youth with type 1 diabetes and elevated body mass index

Authors :: Kathleen E. Bethin
Jenise C. Wong
Maria J. Redondo
David M. Maahs
Michelle A. Ecker
Robert P. Hoffman
Linda A. DiMeglio
Stephanie N. DuBose
Roy W. Beck
Nicole C. Foster
Avni Shah
Sanjeev N. Mehta
Brandon M. Nathan
Ingrid Libman
William V. Tamborlane
Joanne M. Hathway
Source :: Acta Diabetologica. 53:271-277
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2015.
Abstract: The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in children with type 1 diabetes and elevated BMI in the USA is poorly defined. We aimed to test the hypothesis that children with type 1 diabetes who are overweight or obese have increased frequencies of hypertension, dyslipidemia, and micro-/macroalbuminuria compared to their healthy weight peers. We studied 11,348 children 2 to

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