[Prevalence of chronic diabetes complications depending on the method of insulin therapy in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes].

Unlabelled: The critical study showing advantages of intensive insulin therapy in comparison with the classic method was Diabetes Control and Complications Trial. Conclusion of that study was unequivocal: hyperglycemia has a significant influence on the development of the chronic diabetes complications. THE AIM of this study was to estimate the influence of the conventional insulin therapy in the past and its duration on the development of complications in patients suffering from type 1 diabetes for more than 5 years.