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Arterial stiffness is not increased in teens with early uncomplicated type 1 diabetes mellitus

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People with type 1 diabetes mellitus are at an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality. Studies comparing arterial stiffness between subjects with type 1 diabetes and nondiabetic controls have provided controversial findings. We investigated brachial–ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) in 87 teenagers with type 1 diabetes mellitus and in 21 matched healthy controls. Our data show that baPWV was not increased in teenagers after a median illness of 5 years

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Abbreviations

baPWV:

Brachial–ankle pulse wave velocity

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  1. Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Chang Gung Children’s Hospital, Lin-Kou Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Mei-Ching Yu

  2. Department of Paediatric Endocriology, Chang Gung Children’s Hospital, Lin-Kou Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Fu-Sung Lo

  3. Department of Paediatrics, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan

    Meng-Kung Yu

  4. Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Lin-Kou Medical Center and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Wen-Hung Huang

  5. Department of Nephrology, Yee Zen General Hospital, Yang Mei Town, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Fan Lee

  6. Department of Nephrology, Fresenius Medical Care and Yow Min Hospital, Jhongli City, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Fan Lee

  7. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National Defense Medical Center and Triservice General Hospital, Neihu, Taipei, Taiwan

    Fan Lee

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Yu, MC., Lo, FS., Yu, MK. et al. Arterial stiffness is not increased in teens with early uncomplicated type 1 diabetes mellitus. Eur J Pediatr 171, 855–858 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-012-1679-7

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