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SUBMITTER: Conway B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3129711 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Conway B B Miller R G RG Costacou T T Fried L L Kelsey S S Evans R W RW Orchard T J TJ
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association 20100401 4
<h4>Aims</h4>Time trends in overweight and obesity in the general population have been well documented; however, temporal patterns in Type 1 diabetes (T1DM) have not been thoroughly investigated. We therefore assessed temporal patterns in overweight and obesity and predictors of weight change in 589 individuals from the Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications Study, a cohort of childhood-onset T1DM.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants were first seen in 1986-1988, when mean age and diabetes du ...[more]