Body Composition Indices in Women With Well-Controlled Type 1 Diabetes
Author(s) -
MarieChristine Dubé,
Denis Prud’homme,
Simone Lemieux,
Carole Lavoie,
S. John Weisnagel
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
diabetes care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636
H-Index - 363
eISSN - 1935-5548
pISSN - 0149-5992
DOI - 10.2337/dc07-2355
Subject(s) - medicine , type 2 diabetes , insulin resistance , waist , diabetes mellitus , body mass index , insulin , endocrinology
Changes associated with weight gain in intensive insulin therapy are similar to those seen in insulin resistance syndrome (1). However, the effect of abdominal adiposity in type 1 diabetes has been scarcely documented, especially in women. We conducted a pilot study to document the relationships between daily insulin dose, A1C, body composition, and lipid profile in 16 young (aged 28.1 ± 8.9 years) well-controlled (A1C 6.9 ± 0.7%) type 1 diabetic women.BMI, waist …
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