hrp0084p3-705 | Diabetes | ESPE2015

Treatment of Dyslipidemia in Children and Adolescents with Diabetes Mellitus Type 1

Borgerink M M H , van Albada M A , Venema G , Bakker-van Waarde W M

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the major cause of mortality in diabetes mellitus type 1 (T1DM). Dyslipidemia will increase this risk. Several guidelines have been published, how to treat dyslipidemia in T1DM, yet some studies have shown that the number of patients who are treated according to these guidelines is low.Objective and hypotheses: To investigate the frequency of dyslipidemia in children and adolescents with T1DM and if they are tr...