ESPE Abstracts (2016) 86 P-P1-194

ESPE2016 Poster Presentations Diabetes P1 (72 abstracts)

Longitudinal Monitoring of Pediatric Insulin Treatment in Germany and Austria: Age-Dependent Analysis of 63 967 Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes from the DPV Registry

Barbara Bohn a, , Beate Karges c, , Christian Vogel e , Klaus-Peter Otto f , Wolfgang Marg g , Sabine E Hofer h , Elke Fröhlich-Reiterer i , Martin Holder j , Michaela Plamper m , Martin Wabitsch k , Wolfgang Kerner l & Reinhard W Holl a,


aInstitute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, ZIBMT, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany; bGerman Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Munich-Neuherberg, Germany; cDepartment of Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine and Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Aachen, Germany; dDepartment of Pediatrics, Bethlehem Hospital, Stolberg, Germany; eDepartment of Pediatrics, Endocrinology and Diabetology, Clinic Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany; fCenter for Pediatrics and Adolescents Medicine, Neonatology and Pediatric intensive care, Clinic Itzehoe, Itzehoe, Germany; gCenter for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Bremen-Mitte Hospital, Bremen, Germany; hDepartment of Paediatrics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; iDepartment of Pediatrics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria; jDepartment of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Olgahospital, Stuttgart Clinical Center, Stuttgart, Germany; kDivision of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, University Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Ulm, Germany; lCenter of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, Karlsburg, Germany; mDepartment of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany


Background: Depending on age, needs and preferences in insulin therapy strongly differ between children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Objective and hypotheses: To analyse trends in insulin regimen and type of insulin used over the last two decades in three age-groups of pediatric patients with T1D from Germany/Austria.

Method: 63 967 subjects (<18 year of age) with T1D documented between 1995 and 2014 from the ‘Diabetes-Patienten-Verlaufsdokumentation’ (DPV) database were included. Patients were assigned to age-groups (0.5–<6, 6–<12, and 12–<18 year). Regression models were built for insulin regimens (<3 and 4 or more injection time points/day, or continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII)), use of rapid- and long-acting insulin analogues, use of NPH insulin, and frequency of self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG)/day. Confounders: sex, diabetes duration, and migration background. P value for trend (SAS:9.4).

Results: The number of patients with <3 injection time points/day decreased from 1995 to 2014 to <5% in all age-groups (P<0.0001; respectively). Proportion of patients with four or more injections/day increased until the early 2000s, and decreased again until 2014. CSII increased in age-groups (P<0.0001, respectively), especially in patients <6 year to 79.2% (2014). The use of rapid-acting insulin analogues increased in all age-groups (P<0.0001, respectively) accounting for 78.4% (2014) for all subjects. The use of NPH insulin declined whereas the use of long-acting insulin analogues increased (all P<0.0001) and were most frequently used in the oldest age-group by 46%. Number of SMBG/day increased from 2.2 (1995) to 6.4 (2014) with a similar rise in all age-groups (all P<0.0001). Frequency of SMBG/day was highest in subjects <6 year.

Conclusion: In all age-groups, treatment in T1D was intensified over the last 20 years. Differences in age-groups were present in the number of patients on CSII, in the proportion with 4 or more injections/day, in the use of long-acting insulin analogues, and in the frequency of SMBG/day.

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