Abstract

Objective: Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) is one of the most common chronic endocrine diseases of children and adolescents. The aim of this study was to evaluate the sociocultural, demographic, clinical and laboratory characteristics of a group of children with T1DM followed at the Pediatric Endocrinology Department of Keçiören Research and Educational Hospital.

Material and Methods: A total of 92 patients aged 0-18 years and diagnosed with T1DM were followed-up at Keçiören Research and Educational hospital between 2007-2013. Clinical and laboratory characteristics obtained from the records included the date of birth, gender, the time of diagnosis, BMI, HbA1c levels at the time of first diagnosis, mean yearly HbA1c, the rate of hospitalization within the last year, thyroid function tests, diabetes autoantibody levels and the complications associated with this disorder. The questionnaire including questions on the educational levels, occupation, average monthly income of the parents, whether the parents were divorced or not, where they lived and whether they owned their house or not was completed by the parents.

Results: 50 of the patients were boys (54.3%) and 42 were girls (45.7%). The average age at diagnosis was 9.66±4.49 years, the minimum diabetes age was 0.45 years and the maximum diabetes age was 17.6 years. The patients were mostly at the age group of 14-18 years (42.4%) followed by the age groups of 10-14 years (37%). The patients mostly presented in the winter (n=30, 32.6%) followed by spring (n=28, 304%) at the time of diagnosis. The blood glucose

Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus, Epidemiology, Type 1

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Aydın H, Andıran N, Buluş D, Yağlı E. Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Patients Clinical, Laboratory, Sociocultural and Demographic Features of the. Turk J Pediatr Dis [Internet]. 2016 Jun. 1 [cited 2025 May 25];10(2):112-9. Available from: https://turkjpediatrdis.org/article/view/395