Temporal patterns in overweight and obesity in Type 1 diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Time trends in overweight and obesity in the general population have been well documented; however, temporal patterns in Type 1 diabetes (T1DM) have not been thoroughly investigated. We therefore assessed temporal patterns in overweight and obesity and predictors of weight change in 589 individuals from the Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study, a cohort of childhood-onset T1DM.

Methods

Participants were first seen in 1986-1988, when mean age and diabetes duration were 29 and 20 years, respectively, and biennially thereafter for 18 years. Overweight was defined as 25.0or=30.0 kg/m2.

Results

At baseline, the prevalence of overweight and obesity were 28.6% and 3.4%, respectively. Aft

SUBMITTER: Conway B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3129711 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature