Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1/1626
Title: Diabetes microvascular complicatons in prepubertal children
Authors: King, Jennie ;Donaghue, K.C.;Fairchild, J.M.;Chan, A.;Howard, N.J.;Silink, M.;Hing, S.J.
Issue Date: 1997
Source: Volume 10, Issue 6, pp. 579 - 585
Journal title: Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism
Department: Nursing & Midwifery Directorate
Abstract: These are the baseline findings of a group of 68 prepubertal children enrolled in a longitudinal study of the development of early diabetes microvascular complications prior to gonadarche. The median age of the children was 9.8 years, the median diabetes duration 3.6 years and the mean HbA1c 8.4%. Mild nonproliferative retinopathy was present in 6 of 67 (9%) children, assessed by 7-field stereoscopic fundus photography. Those with retinopathy had higher total cholesterol (p < 0.05) and lower DHEAS (p < 0.01). Albumin excretion rate (AER) was calculated as the mean of three overnight consecutive urine collections. AER > 7.5 micrograms/min was present in 5 of 64 (8%), and one boy had a mean AER > 15 micrograms/min. Those with AER > 7.5 micrograms/min had higher diastolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure percentiles (p < 0.05). Longitudinal study of this cohort will establish which factors in the prepubertal years are important for the development of diabetes microvascular complications.
URI: https://elibrary.cclhd.health.nsw.gov.au/cclhdjspui/handle/1/1626
DOI: 10.1515/jpem.1997.10.6.579
Pubmed: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9467127
Publicaton type: Journal Article
Keywords: Diabetes
Child
Appears in Collections:Health Service Research

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