ea0049ep512 | Diabetes complications | ECE2017
Pinheiro Marta Isabel
, Oliveira Juliana
, Silva Rita Santos
, Correia Cintia Castro
, Fontoura Manuel
Background: Adolescent girls with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) have a higher incidence of metabolic risk factors like hypertension, dyslipidemia, non-alcoholic hepatic steatosis (NASH), abdominal adiposity and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) when compared with their non-diabetic peers. Moreover, metabolic risk factors seem to appear even in T1DM girls without overweight or obesity. We aimed to determine the prevalence of several metabolic risk factors in adolescent T1DM females, ...