ESPE Abstracts

Objective: To determine the influence of adolescent girls with type 1 DM on circulating levels of adiponectin and to study the relation between adiponectin level with glycemic control and complication of diabetes.

Patients and methods: The study included 40 female adolescent type 1 diabetic patients and 40 healthy volunteer of the same age and sex. Blood sample was taken for assessment of glycosylated haemoglobin, lipid profile and adiponectine. Urine sample was taken for assessment of albumin/creatinine ratio. t-test for independent variables, Pearson’s correlation analysis were used.

Results: The mean age of our patients was 14.4±2.5, mean duration of disease was 10.1±2.8 and mean insulin dose was 1.4±0.5. Diabetic patients had a significantly higher diastolic blood pressure, triglyceride, total cholesterol, LDL and adiponectin than controls. Patients with diabetes complication had a significant lower BMI and HDL. On the other hand, they had higher disease duration, total cholesterol, HbA1, albumin/creatinine ratio and adiponectin. Patients with microalbuminuria had a lower BMI, higher disease duration, diastolic blood pressure and adiponectin. Patients with diabetic retinopathy had higher disease duration, insulin dose, HbA1, microalbuminuria and adiponectin. Adiponectin in diabetic patients had a significant negative correlation with BMI and positive correlation with systolic blood pressure and microlabuminuria.

Conclusion: Serum adiponectin level is high in adolescent type 1 diabetic girls. It can be used as a predictor of diabetes complications rather than a sensitive biochemical marker for glycaemic control.