Blood pressure (BP) and metabolic control in IDDM

Abstract

tinctive marks of androgen insensivity and gonadal dysaenesis.Clinica1 features of both conditions were found in thepre-W e studied BP patterns and the Renin-Angiotensin-Al dosterone axis (RAA) of 9 7 IDDM children (3-15 yrs old) in relation to the auxological data,the metabolic control and duration of diabetes (1-13 yrs).We analysed a total of 712 BP measurements. RESULTS. Mean systolicBP levels for age groups were at the 50th percentile of the general population,while the mean diastolic B P w e r e at the 75th in both sexes.Systolic and diastolic BP levels were directly and significantly related to age, weight,height,Quetelet index,duration of disease and HbA1. Plasma Renin Activity (PRA) levels,all withinnof