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Body mass index standard deviation score and obesity in children with type 1 diabetes in the Nordic countries. HbA1c and other predictors of increasing BMISDS.

Niels H BirkebækJ KahlertR BjarnasonA K DrivvollA JohansenE KonradsdottirA Pundziute-LyckåUlf SamuelssonT SkrivarhaugSvensson Jannetnull null
Published in: Pediatric diabetes (2018)
Obesity rate in children with T1D in the Nordic countries is high, however, with country differences. Low HbA1c , long diabetes duration, higher insulin dose, pump treatment and experiencing a SH predicted higher BMISDS. Diabetes caregivers should balance the risk of obesity and the benefit of a very low HbA1c.
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