Article
Risk of type 1 diabetes development in children with incidental hyperglycemia: A multicenter Italian study.
Diabetes care - 1 Jul 2001
Lorini R, Alibrandi A, Vitali L, Klersy C, Martinetti M, Betterle C, d'Annunzio G, Bonifacio E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The aim of our study was to determine whether children with incidental hyperglycemia are at an increased risk of developing type 1 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A total of 748 subjects, 1-18 years of age (9.04 +/- 3.62, mean +/- SD), without family history of type 1 diabetes, without obesity, and not receiving drugs were studied and found to have incidental elevated glycemia defined as fasting...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Age of Onset
- Autoantibodies
- Blood Glucose
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Disease-Free Survival
- Fasting
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
