Arterial stiffness is not increased in teens with early uncomplicated type 1 diabetes mellitus

People with type 1 diabetes mellitus are at an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality. Studies comparing arterial stiffness between subjects with type 1 diabetes and nondiabetic controls have provided controversial findings. We investigated brachial–ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) in 87 teenag...

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of pediatrics 2012-05, Vol.171 (5), p.855-858
Hauptverfasser: Yu, Mei-Ching, Lo, Fu-Sung, Yu, Meng-Kung, Huang, Wen-Hung, Lee, Fan
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:People with type 1 diabetes mellitus are at an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality. Studies comparing arterial stiffness between subjects with type 1 diabetes and nondiabetic controls have provided controversial findings. We investigated brachial–ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) in 87 teenagers with type 1 diabetes mellitus and in 21 matched healthy controls. Our data show that baPWV was not increased in teenagers after a median illness of 5 years
ISSN:0340-6199
1432-1076
DOI:10.1007/s00431-012-1679-7