Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of a Population of Children and Adolescents With Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes and Insulin Requirements at Onset
The clinical implication of this study lies in the identification of factors that may predict reduced insulin sensitivity in children and adolescents at the onset of Type 1 Diabetes and would help the physician to undertake appropriate therapy more quickly by achieving the correct therapeutic dosage, in order to achieve good metabolic compensation at an early stage and thus reduce the time (and costs) of hospitalisation.
• Age ≤ 14 years at the time of diagnosis of type 1 diabetes;
• Diagnosis of type 1 diabetes confirmed between January 2014 and December 2018 at the Pediatrics Unit of the IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria of Bologna, Italy;
• Patients with at least 1 year of follow-up after diagnosis od type 1 diabetes;
• Obtaining informed consent from parents/legal guardian of pediatric patients.