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ea0017p53 | (1) | BSPED2008

Social factors and glycaemic control in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus

Sinha Akash , Cassans Rebecca , Kibirige Mohammed

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 ...