Factors Associated With Pre-hypertension Among Children With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Sohag University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Hypertension

Treatments: Procedure: blood sampling; Other: • BP will be measured using a calibrated, automated oscillometric device suitable for pediatric use.

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07172399

Soh-Med--25-7-6MS

Details and patient eligibility

About

blood pressure of diabetic patients will be measured

Full description

All the study participants will be examined for assessment of the height and weight using calibrated equipment, Body Mass Index (BMI) calculated and plotted against percentiles,Blood Pressure (BP) Measurement:

• BP will be measured using a calibrated, automated oscillometric device suitable for pediatric use.
• Appropriate cuff size will be used based on mid-arm circumference.
• Blood pressure will be measured in the non-dominant arm.
• BP will be measured three times on at least two different occasions, after 5 minutes of rest, in a seated position.
• The average of the readings will be recorded.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children and adolescents aged 6 - 18 years, diagnosed with T1DM for at least 1 year and attending the Pediatric diabetes clinic at Sohag University Hospital will be included as cases.

Exclusion criteria

Children and adolescents with T1DM associated with autoimmune hypothyroidism or celiac disease and those who had received any form of corticosteroids therapy for any reason in the last 6 months will be excluded.

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