ESPE Abstracts

Aims: To investigate the prevalence of diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN), cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) and sudomotor dysfunction in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes using bedside modalities. Secondly, to evaluate the co-existence of these types of diabetes neuropathies.Methods: Cross-sectional study including 221 children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. DPN was assessed by vibration sensation thresho...

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of elevated arterial stiffness and associations to known and potentially novel risk factors in a modern European technology-based cohort of children and adolescent with type 1 diabetes.Research Design and Methods: Cross-sectional study including 127 children recruited from Pediatric Diabetes Departments across Eastern Denmark between May 2022 and January 2024. Arterial stiffness w...

Background: There is a rise in overweight and obesity among children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in parallel with a rise in the metabolic syndrome (MS) among children and adolescents in general.Objective: The aim of the study was to describe the prevalence and characteristics of the MS in children and adolescents with T1D compared to their healthy counterparts.Design and Sett...