Maternal body mass index (BMI) is independently associated with the control of diabetes mellitus in young patients.

Objective: Investigate the cross-sectional association of glycemic control of ethnically diverse youth with diabetes mellitus with family characteristics.

Design: Family study of 91 youth (probands) with diabetes mellitus and 142 parents.

Results: Children's age and HbA1c averaged 11.

Insufficient sleep in young patients with diabetes and their families.

Objective: We examined sleep in families of individuals with type 1 diabetes and the relationship of sleep with obesity, diabetes, and insulin resistance.

Methods: Probands with type 1 diabetes diagnosed before age 18 and first- and second-degree relatives were included (n = 323). Demographic, anthropometric and clinical variables, and self-reported sleep duration and napping were assessed.

Racial and ethnic differences in an estimated measure of insulin resistance among individuals with type 1 diabetes.

OBJECTIVE Insulin resistance is greater in racial/ethnic minorities than in non-Hispanic whites (NHWs) for those with and without type 2 diabetes. Because previous research on insulin resistance in type 1 diabetes was limited to NHWs, racial/ethnic variation in an estimated measure of insulin resistance in type 1 diabetes was determined. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The sample included 79 individuals with type 1 diabetes diagnosed at age <18 years (32.

Hospitalization subsequent to diagnosis in young patients with diabetes in Chicago, Illinois.

Objectives: Rehospitalization after a diabetes diagnosis in youth signals the failure of outpatient management. We examined risk factors for rehospitalization among young patients with diabetes.

Patients And Methods: We queried 535 participants diagnosed before 18 years of age from the Chicago Childhood Diabetes Registry.