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Background: Information about the prevalence of obesity in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) is inconsistent and limited. The burden of the concurrent problems of obesity and DM1 can have notable medical, psychological, and social implications for both patients and their families. Aims: To determine prevalences of overweight and obesity in children with DM1 compared to a control population. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, we compared the prevalence of overweight/obesity in 390 children with DM1 (males 54%) and 565 controls (CONT; males 60%) aged 6 to 16 years. Overweight and obesity were defined as body mass indices between the 85 th and 95 th percentiles, and greater than the 95 th percentile for age, respectively. Results: Overall, 29.5% DM1 and 18.1% CONT (p <0.001) were either obese or overweight. The prevalence of obesity alone did not differ (DM1 5.4% vs CONT 8.2%), but a greater rate of overweight was seen in the DM1 group (DM 24.1% vs CONT 10.0%, ρ <0.001). RateS of overweight were higher in the DM1 than CONT across all age groups and in both genders (males: DM1 20.1% vs CONT 8.9%, ρ <0.001; females: DM1 28.7% vs CONT 11.5%, ρ <0.001). Only females showed an

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Author

Ν. Sandhu; M.B. Witmans; J.-F. Lemay; S. Crawford; N. Jadavji; D. Pacaud

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Published

2008

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)