Clustering of cardio-metabolic risk factors in parents of adolescents with type 1 diabetes and microalbuminuria.
M Loredana MarcovecchioPäivi H TossavainenKatharine OwenCatherine FullahPaul Benitez-AguirreStefano MasiKen OngHelen NguyenScott T ChiesaR Neil DaltonJohn DeanfieldProfessor David DungerPublished in: Pediatric diabetes (2017)
Parents of young offspring with childhood-onset T1D and MA showed an abnormal metabolic profile, reflected by a calculated risk score. The finding supports the role of a familial predisposition to risk of developing diabetic nephropathy.