To evaluate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in type 1 diabetes (DM1), we studied 170 subjects (89F/81M, 14 children, 51 adolescents and 105 adults, mean age 24.4±11.9y) and correlated anthropometric data with demographic and clinical factors. The prevalence of obesity, overweight and/or overweight risk was 21.2% (n= 36). Among children and adolescents BMI z score and BMI percentile were highly correlated (r= 0.97; p= 0.00). SBP (p= 0.004) and DBP (p= 0.0007) were different between patients with normal and high BMI. A trend for increase waist circumference (WC) was observed in the groups with different BP (p= 0.0000). By multivariate analysis BMI was age-dependent (OR: 1.04, 95% CI = 1.01-1.07; p= 0.008). Using stepwise analysis SBP was dependent of WC (r= 0.57; p= 0.00) and age (r= 0.63; p= 0.00) and DBP was dependent of WC (r= 0.53; p= 0.00). The prevalence of overweight and obesity seems to reflect the global tendency of weight excess and their clinical outcomes. Awareness of overweight in DM1 needs to be intensified.
Obesity; Overweight; Type 1 diabetes; Anthropometry; Blood pressure
