Endocrine Abstracts

Aims: To determine whether single parenthood, special needs, ethnicity and indices of multiple deprivation 2007(proxy for social deprivation) influence metabolic control in T1DM.Methodology: Retrospective study (12 months) from 01/01/2007 till 31/12/2007. Data on several demographic and clinical variables were obtained from 105 children with T1DM from a single centre, after applying explicit exclusion criteria. Glycaemic control was assessed using HbA1c ...