hrp0092p3-317 | Late Breaking Abstracts | ESPE2019

Body Mass Index and Incident Type 1 Diabetes in Children from Lesser Poland Over an 11 Year Observation Period

Wasyl-Nawrot Barbara , Wójcik Małgorzata , Nazim Joanna , Skupień Jan , Starzyk Jerzy

Background: One of the speculated causes of the decreasing age of onset of type 1 diabetes is the increase in body weight in children. This so-called accelerator hypothesis is, however, controversial. The aim of the study was to test whether younger age of type 1 diabetes onset is associated with higher BMI-SDS at the time of diagnosis.Methods: Retrospective data analysis from medical records of all patients und...