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01-06-2010, 01:51 PM
A new U.S. study proposes that the blood pressure, body mass index, and blood glucose levels may foretell chances of type 2 diabetes in children.
The research was initiated by Dr John Morrison and colleagues from the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Centre, and was supported by the National Institute of Health and the American Heart Association in Cincinnati.
“In the past 25 years, the prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes [Also called non-insulin dependent diabetes; a condition in which the pancreas produces so little insulin that the body cannot use the blood glucose as energy; can often be controlled through meal plans and physical activity plans, and diabetes pills or insulin.] mellitus have increased concomitantly, and the age at onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus has dropped precipitously, especially in black females,” informs Dr John Morrison.
According to the study, a high systolic blood pressure [the highest pressure to which blood pressure rises with the contraction of the heart.] and insulin [a hormone produced by the pancreas. Insulin affects the amount of glucose absorbed by the liver.] concentration during childhood combined with a parent with diabetes augmented the possibility of being diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 19.
Study particulars
The researchers examined data collected by two past studies. While the first analyzed 1067 girls aged 9 and 10 for a period of nine years, the second followed 822 schoolchildren for 22 to 30 years.
Metabolic measurements and knowledge of a parental history of diabetes helped the scientists find that the kids had more chances of becoming diabetic at the age of 39 if they had high blood pressure, a high body mass index [a number, derived by using height and weight measurements, that gives a general indication of whether or not weight falls within a healthy range.] , glucose levels of at least 100 milligrams per deciliter, low high-density lipoprotein levels and high triglyceride levels in childhood.
“When body mass index, systolic blood pressure and diastolic [bottom number] blood pressure were all lower than the 75th percentile and there was no parental diabetes mellitus, the likelihood of children developing type 2 diabetes mellitus 22 to 30 years later was only 1 percent,” reports Dr John Morrison.
Full Article (http://www.themedguru.com/20100106/newsfeature/metabolic-measurements-predict-diabetes-kids-86131732.html).
The research was initiated by Dr John Morrison and colleagues from the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Centre, and was supported by the National Institute of Health and the American Heart Association in Cincinnati.
“In the past 25 years, the prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes [Also called non-insulin dependent diabetes; a condition in which the pancreas produces so little insulin that the body cannot use the blood glucose as energy; can often be controlled through meal plans and physical activity plans, and diabetes pills or insulin.] mellitus have increased concomitantly, and the age at onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus has dropped precipitously, especially in black females,” informs Dr John Morrison.
According to the study, a high systolic blood pressure [the highest pressure to which blood pressure rises with the contraction of the heart.] and insulin [a hormone produced by the pancreas. Insulin affects the amount of glucose absorbed by the liver.] concentration during childhood combined with a parent with diabetes augmented the possibility of being diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 19.
Study particulars
The researchers examined data collected by two past studies. While the first analyzed 1067 girls aged 9 and 10 for a period of nine years, the second followed 822 schoolchildren for 22 to 30 years.
Metabolic measurements and knowledge of a parental history of diabetes helped the scientists find that the kids had more chances of becoming diabetic at the age of 39 if they had high blood pressure, a high body mass index [a number, derived by using height and weight measurements, that gives a general indication of whether or not weight falls within a healthy range.] , glucose levels of at least 100 milligrams per deciliter, low high-density lipoprotein levels and high triglyceride levels in childhood.
“When body mass index, systolic blood pressure and diastolic [bottom number] blood pressure were all lower than the 75th percentile and there was no parental diabetes mellitus, the likelihood of children developing type 2 diabetes mellitus 22 to 30 years later was only 1 percent,” reports Dr John Morrison.
Full Article (http://www.themedguru.com/20100106/newsfeature/metabolic-measurements-predict-diabetes-kids-86131732.html).