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

Eur J Pediatr. 2012 May;171(5):855-8. doi: 10.1007/s00431-012-1679-7.

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Ankle Brachial Index
  • Blood Flow Velocity
  • Child
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / physiopathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pulsatile Flow / physiology*
  • Vascular Stiffness*