Body Composition Indices in Women With Well-Controlled Type 1 Diabetes
- Marie-Christine Dubé, PHD1,
- Denis Prud'homme, MD, MSC2,
- Simone Lemieux, PHD3,
- Carole Lavoie, PHD45 and
- S. John Weisnagel, MD16
- 1Diabetes Research Unit, CRML, CRCHUL, Quebec, Canada
- 2School of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- 3Institute of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
- 4Department of Physical Activity Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
- 5Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Endocrinology, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
- 6Faculty of Medicine, Division of Kinesiology, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
- Corresponding author: Dr. S. John Weisnagel, MD, Diabetes Research Unit, CRML, CRCHUL, 2705 Boul. Laurier, S-18, Quebec, QC, G1V 4G2, Canada. E-mail: john.weisnagel{at}crchul.ulaval.ca
Changes associated with weight gain in intensive insulin therapy are similar to those seen in insulin resistance syndrome (1). However, the effect of abdominal adiposity in type 1 diabetes has been scarcely documented, especially in women. We conducted a pilot study to document the relationships between daily insulin dose, A1C, body composition, and lipid profile in 16 young (aged 28.1 ± 8.9 years) well-controlled (A1C 6.9 ± 0.7%) type 1 diabetic women.
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