Growth of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

İstanbul Bilim Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi.Objective: To retrospectively evaluate the effect of type 1 diabetes on growth. Methods: Patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) followed for at least one year after diagnosis, and without coexisting disorder that could affect growth, were included in this retrospective analysis. Height and body mass index (BMI) values were recorded. According to the data obtained at the end of each year of disease, the patients were divided into two groups: Group 1 (patients whose height standard deviation score (SDS) did not change or showed improvement) and Group 2 (patients whose height SDS showed a decline). The two groups were compared with respect to clinical and laboratory variables.Turkish Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Societ