[Outcome differences in pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus depending on their HLA-DQ genotypes].

Background And Objective: Our hypothesis is that there is a relationship between the short term outcomes of pediatric patients with type I diabetes mellitus and their HLA-DQ genotypes.

Patients And Method: We performed a descriptive epidemiologic study of 129 children and adolescents under 16 years old with type 1 diabetes mellitus. We studied their HLA DQ genotypes and classified them into groups of diabetogenic risk.