ESPE Abstracts

Objective(s): Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) is associated with poor bone health. It is shown that the increased fracture risk in T1DM is multifactorial. The aim of current study is to determine the body weight correlation with bone mineral density (BMD) in type 1 diabetic non-obese patients.Materials and Methods: To evaluate the factors associated with bone mineral density in type 1 diabetic patients a total of 45 pati...

Background: In diabetic patients vitamin D seems to play a role not only on bone metabolism, but also on many other organs and/or systems, such as lipid profile, cardiovascular system, etc. We decided to evaluate whether the celiac disease antibodies in type 1 diabetic patients have a connection with 25-OH vitamin D status.Materials and Methods: 78 young patients with type 1 diabetes were evaluated with mean age of 14&#1...