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ArticleSaudi medical journal2015

Glycemic control, complications, and associated autoimmune diseases in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Abdulmoein E Al-Agha, Maram M Alafif, Ihab A Abd-Elhameed

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Article in Saudi medical journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Abdulmoein E Al-AghaDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, PO Box 80215, Jeddah 21589, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Fax. +966 (12) 6403841. E-mail. aagha@kau.edu.sa.
Maram M Alafif
Ihab A Abd-Elhameed
King Abdulaziz University · SAZagazig University · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo investigate the relationship between metabolic control, acute and long-term complications, the coexistence of autoimmune diseases, and to assess the different factors that can affect the glycemic control level among children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM).

methodsThis is a cross-sectional study that included 228 T1DM children and adolescents visiting the pediatric diabetes clinic at the King Abdulaziz University Hospital (KAUH), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from January 2013 to January 2014. The clinical and laboratory characteristics of the patients were recorded. Metabolic control, complications, and associated autoimmune diseases were evaluated.

resultsThe mean age of patients was 10.99 years, and the glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) level was 8.8%. Acute complications included ketoacidosis in 65.4% of patients, and hypoglycemic attacks in 68.9%. Long-term complications were detected in patients including retinopathy (4.4%), microalbuminuria (16.2%), and dyslipidemia (8.3%). Autoimmune thyroiditis was noted in 14%, and celiac disease was found in 19.7% of patients. A significant difference was found in pubertal and pre-pubertal age groups in terms of glycemic control (p=0.01).

conclusionThe level of HbA1c was found to be higher among the pubertal age group. A relationship between autoimmune diseases and gender was determined.

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AdolescentAutoimmune DiseasesBlood GlucoseChildCross-Sectional StudiesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Glycated HemoglobinHumansHypoglycemic AgentsInsulinRetrospective StudiesSaudi ArabiaBlood GlucoseGlycated HemoglobinHypoglycemic AgentsInsulin

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PMID25630001
PMCPMC4362194
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