Spectrum and Prevalence of Atherogenic Risk Factors in 27,358 Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes
Cross-sectional data from the German diabetes documentation and quality management system (DPV)
- K. Otfried Schwab, MD1,
- Jürgen Doerfer, MD1,
- Wolfgang Hecker, MD2,
- Jürgen Grulich-Henn, MD3,
- Dagobert Wiemann, MD4,
- Olga Kordonouri, MD5,
- Peter Beyer, MD6,
- Reinhard W. Holl, MD7 and
- on behalf of the DPV Initiative of the German Working Group for Pediatric Diabetology
- 1Department of Pediatrics and Adolescence Medicine, Freiburg University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany
- 2Olgahospital, Children’s Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
- 3Department of Pediatrics, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
- 4Department of Pediatrics, Magdeburg University Hospital, Magdeburg, Germany
- 5Otto-Heubner Center of Pediatrics and Adolescents Medicine, Charité, Humboldt University Hospital, Berlin Germany
- 6Clinic for Pediatrics, Protestant Hospital, Oberhausen, Germany
- 7Department of Epidemiology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Prof. Dr. K.O. Schwab, MD, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescence Medicine, Freiburg University Hospital, Mathilden Str. 1, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany. E-mail: schwab{at}kikli.ukl.uni-freiburg.de
Abstract
OBJECTIVE—The aim of this data analysis was to ascertain the type and prevalence rate as well as age and sex distribution of cardiovascular risk factors in type 1 diabetic patients up to 26 years of age.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—Cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, poor glycemic control, and smoking were analyzed in 27,358 patients who were divided into three groups (prepubertal, pubertal, and adult) using specifically designed diabetes software for prospective disease documentation.
RESULTS—More than half of the patients per age-group had at least one cardiovascular risk factor. Two risk factors were age dependently found in 6.2–21.7% and three or four risk factors in 0.5–4.7%. Elevated values of HbA1c, total cholesterol, and BMI were found most frequently. Hypertension, smoking, and HDL cholesterol were observed more frequently in males, and elevated BMI, total cholesterol, and LDL cholesterol more often in females. Although 28.6% of the patients had dyslipidemia, merely 0.4% of them received medical treatment, and of the 8.1% of the patients with hypertension, only 2.1% of them were given antihypertensive medication.
CONCLUSIONS—With increasing age, a greater number of patients with cardiovascular risk factors were observed. Significant sex differences were seen in the majority of risk factors. Despite the high prevalence of risk factors, only a small minority of patients received antihypertensive or lipid-lowering treatment. Early identification, prevention, and treatment of additional risk factors seem to be necessary, particularly in light of the high incidence of future cardiovascular disease.
- CVD, cardiovascular disease
- DCCT, Diabetes Control and Complications Trial
- DPV, diabetes data acquisition system for prospective surveillance
- PDAY, Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth
Footnotes
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A table elsewhere in this issue shows conventional and Système International (SI) units and conversion factors for many substances.
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- Accepted October 20, 2005.
- Received April 25, 2005.
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