Children and adolescents with diabetes at Tygerberg Hospital at risk of cardiovascular complications?
S. Afr. j. child health (Online)
; 16(4): 205-208, 2022. figures, tables
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Objectives. To determine the prevalence of dyslipidaemia and HT in paediatric diabetic patients seen at Tygerberg Hospital (TBH) and establish whether either is associated with body mass index (BMI), glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) or duration of diabetes. Further, to determine whether the prevalence differs between two specified periods.Methods. A retrospective study of 154 diabetic patients, aged 1 - 19 years, seen at TBH between 2007 and 2017, was undertaken. The following data were recorded age; sex; duration of disease (time since diagnosis); height; weight; blood pressure; HbA1c; high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C); triglycerides (TG); and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). Results. More than half of the patients (57.8%; n=89/154; 95% confidence interval (CI) 51.7 - 65.0) had dyslipidaemia, 16.3% (n=24/147) had low HDL-C levels, 53.8% (n=78/145) had high LDL-C levels and 14.9% (n=22/148) had raised TG levels. Nearly half of the patients (48.7%; n=75/154; 95% CI 41.6 - 55.1) were hypertensive and 93.5% (n=144/154) were poorly controlled (HbA1c >7.5%). Dyslipidaemia was not associated with HT or BMI percentile and its prevalence did not change between the two specified periods. Prevalence of dyslipidaemia and HT was not associated with duration of diabetes. About one-third (30.8% (n=4/13); 95% CI 11.9 - 59.3) of the pre-adolescents and 60.3% (n=85/141; 95% CI 51.9 - 68.1) of the adolescents had dyslipidaemia (p=0.04). Dyslipidaemia was diagnosed in 62.6% (n=82/131) of adolescents with poorly controlled diabetes (p=0.04) and in 71.7% (95% CI 59.0 - 81.7) of patients ≥16 years of age (p=0.005). Conclusions. Poor glycaemic control, dyslipidaemia and HT are common in diabetic children, putting them at risk of cardiovascular complications in adulthood.S Afr J Child Health 2022;16(4)205-208. https//doi.org/10.7196/SAJCH.2022.v16i4.1862Children and adolescents with diabetes at Tygerberg Hospital at risk of cardiovascular complications?L N Dookhony,1 MMed (Paeds); C J Lombard,2 MSc, PhD; E W Zöllner,3 MMed, PhD1Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa; and SSRN Hospital, Pamplemousses, Republic of Mauritius2Biostatistics Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Division of Biostatistics; and Department of Global Health, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa3Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
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Main subject:
Risk Factors
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Diabetes Mellitus
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Dyslipidemias
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Hypertension
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
S. Afr. j. child health (Online)
Year:
2022
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Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Biostatistics Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Division of Biostatistics; and Department of Global Health, University of Stellenbosch,/ZA
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Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital/ZA
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Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University/ZA
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