1. Metabolic outcomes in young children with type 1 diabetes differ between treatment centers: the Hvidoere Study in Young Children 2009
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Karin Lange, Peter G.F. Swift, Lynda K. Fisher, Eero A. Kaprio, Moshe Phillip, Fergus J. Cameron, Pål R. Njølstad, Jean Jacques Robert, Timothy Barrett, Eugen J. Schoenle, Luis Castaño, Jan Åman, Henk J. Aanstoot, Andreas Neu, Maurizio Vanelli, Tatsuhiko Urukami, Harry Dorchy, Hilary Hoey, Mirjana Kocova, Carine de Beaufort, Franco Chiarelli, Thomas Danne, and Henrik B. Mortensen
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Diabetes duration ,Research design ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Type 1 diabetes ,business.industry ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,Mean age ,medicine.disease ,Severe hypoglycemia ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,business ,Glycemic - Abstract
Objective: To investigate whether center differences in glycemic control are present in prepubertal children Research Design and Methods: This cross-sectional study involved 18 pediatric centers worldwide. All children, Results: A total of 1133 children participated (mean age: 8.0 +/- 2.1 y; females: 47.5%, mean diabetes duration: 3.8 +/- 2.1 y). HbA1c (overall mean: 8.0 +/- 1.0%; range: 7.3-8.9%) and severe hypoglycemia frequency (mean 21.7 events per 100 patient-years), but not DKA, differed significantly between centers (p Conclusions: Center differences in metabolic outcomes are present in children
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- 2012
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