Peripheral Artery Tonometry in Children With Type 1 Diabetes and Obese Children

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Diabetes; Peripheral Artery Tonometry; Obesity; Children

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01267591

UZLeuven

Details and patient eligibility

About

Background: The reactive hyperemia-peripheral artery tonometry (RH-PAT) is a newly developed method for noninvasive endothelial function assessment.

Objective: The goal of this study is to determine whether a significant difference in RH-PAT score is present between adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in comparison with controls. We will also compare RH-PAT scores in obese adolescents versus controls.

Enrollment: 70 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 19 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 12-19 years of age

Exclusion criteria

• type 2 diabetes; obesity in group of type 1 diabetes

Trial design

70 participants in 3 patient groups

control

type 1 diabetes

obesity