Trabecular Bone Mineral Density and Bone Geometry of the Distal Radius at Completion of Pubertal Growth in Childhood Type 1 Diabetes

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Aim: To identify disease-related risk factors for an altered bone mineral density (BMD) and geometry at young adulthood in patients with diabetes mellitus type 1 (DM1). Methods: Fifty-six DM1 patients (23 females, 33 males) with prepubertal onset of diabetes were studied after completion of skeletal growth. Bone parameters at the distal radius were investigated by peripheral quantitative computed tomography. Disease-related parameters, in particular average HbA1c during the 2 years around peak height velocity, were analyzed. Forty-seven healthy controls (32 females, 15 males) were studied. Results: Trabecular BMD was similar between DM1 patients and controls. The mean (±SD) cross-sectional bone area (CSA) was smaller in DM1 patients compared to controls (282.5 ± 45.4 vs. 326.7 ± 52.2 mm<sup>2</sup>, p = 0.002 and males 391.0 ± 61.3 vs. 423.4 ± 81.9 mm<sup>2</sup>, p = 0.1). In female DM1 patients, the CSA z-score correlated negatively with the body mass index z-score (r = -0.52, p = 0.01) and positively with the height z-score (r = 0.49, p = 0.02). Conclusions: DM1 patients are at risk for smaller bone sizes at the distal radius at the end of pubertal growth, especially females with increased adiposity. Diabetes-specific parameters seem to have a low impact on forearm volumetric apparent mineral density.

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Patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus often have poor metabolic control during puberty. To determine whether puberty is associated with decreased insulin-stimulated glucose metabolism, we compared the results of euglycemic insulin-clamp studies in adults and prepubertal and pubertal children with and without insulin-dependent diabetes. In nondiabetic pubertal children, insulin-stimulated glucose metabolism (201 +/- 12 mg per square meter of body surface area per minute) was sharply reduced, as compared with that of prepubertal children and adults (316 +/- 34 and 290 +/- 21 mg per square meter, respectively; P less than 0.01), despite comparable hyperinsulinemia (insulin levels of 80 to 90 microU per milliliter). Similarly, the response to insulin was 25 to 30 percent lower in the diabetic pubertal children than in the diabetic prepubertal children (P less than 0.05) and adults (P = 0.07). At each stage of development, the stimulating effect of insulin on glucose metabolism was decreased by 33 to 42 percent in the children with diabetes (P less than 0.01). In all the groups of children studied, the response to insulin was inversely correlated with mean 24-hour levels of growth hormone (r = -0.52, P = 0.01). Among the diabetic children, the glycosylated hemoglobin levels were substantially higher in the pubertal children than in the prepubertal children (P less than 0.02), although the daily insulin doses tended to be higher. These data suggest that insulin resistance occurs during puberty in both normal children and children with diabetes. The combined adverse effects of puberty and diabetes on insulin action may help explain why control of glycemia is so difficult to achieve in adolescent patients.

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References for growth and pubertal development from birth to 21 years in Flanders, Belgium.

Françoise M. Roelants, R Hauspie, K Hoppenbrouwers (2015)

Due to the secular trend in length and height, growth references need to be updated regularly. Reference charts that were until recently used in Belgium are based on samples collected more than 30 years ago, and references for body mass index (BMI) and pubertal development have not been established before. To establish contemporary cross-sectional reference charts for height, weight, BMI, head circumference, and pubertal development from birth to 21 years of age, based on a representative sample of children from Flanders, Belgium. 15 989 healthy subjects of Belgian origin, 0-25 years of age, were measured in 2002-2004. Growth curves were fitted with the LMS method, and percentiles for the pubertal development were estimated with generalized additive models on status quo data from 8690 subjects aged 6-22 years of age. A positive secular trend in height and weight is observed in children above 5 years of age. Adult median height has increased by 1.2 cm/decade in boys and 0.8 cm/decade in girls; median weight by 0.9 kg/decade in boys, and 1.0 kg/decade in girls, and the weight distribution became more skewed. The BMI curve is comparable to that of other populations, except for higher percentiles. This reflects the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity. Median age at menarche (13.0 years) has not advanced any more over the past 50 years. Median ages at menarche and B2 in girls and G2 or T4 in boys are comparable to other West European estimates, but approximately 10% enter G2/T4 before 9 years of age. The ongoing secular trend in height and weight makes growth charts previously used in Belgium obsolete. New representative charts for growth and pubertal development are introduced. For weight monitoring, it is advised that the now-available BMI growth charts are used.

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Bone densities and bone size at the distal radius in healthy children and adolescents: a study using peripheral quantitative computed tomography.

C.M Neu, F Manz, F Rauch … (2001)

Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) has the ability to improve the diagnostic utility of densitometry in children and adolescents, because bone size and volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) can be measured independently. Nevertheless, detailed reference data are lacking. We therefore performed pQCT (XCT-2000 scanner, Stratec, Inc., Pforzheim, Germany) at the distal radius in 371 healthy children, adolescents, and young adults (185 males and 186 females, ages 6-23 years) and in 107 of their parents (19 men and 88 women, ages 29-40 years). Total vBMD, trabecular, and "cortical + subcortical" vBMD as well as cross-sectional area (CSA) were determined at the "4% site" of the distal radius. This location was defined as the site whose distance to the most distal portion of the growth plate or to the radial articular surface corresponded to 4% of the forearm length. In both genders, total vBMD remained stable between 6 and 15 years of age and then increased by 30% in girls and by 46% in boys. Regarding pubertal development, total vBMD remained almost constant throughout pubertal stages 1-4 and thereafter increased in both genders. Trabecular vBMD did not change with age in girls, whereas in boys an increase with age of about 10% was noted after 15 years of age. Males had higher trabecular vBMD than females. This gender difference increased from 6% in prepubertal children to 23% in adults. The variation with age and pubertal stage in "cortical + subcortical" vBMD-cort was similar to that of total vBMD. CSA roughly doubled between 6 and 15 years of age in both genders. In conclusion, the availability of this reference material will provide a basis for the use of pQCT in the assessment of pediatric bone diseases.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): HRP

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Horm Res Paediatr

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.1663-2818

Title: Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 1663-2818

ISSN (Electronic): 1663-2826

Publication date Subscription-year: 2013

Publication date (Print): March 2013

Publication date (Electronic): 05 February 2013

Volume: 79

Issue: 2

Pages: 68-74

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Departments of ^aPediatrics and ^bRadiology, UZ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

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*Jean De Schepper, Department of Pediatrics, Laarbeeklaan 101, BE-1090 Brussels (Belgium), E-Mail jean.deschepper@uzbrussel.be

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Publisher ID: 346686 Other ID: Horm Res Paediatr 2013;79:68-74

DOI: 10.1159/000346686

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