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Differences in White Matter Microstructure in Children With Type 1 Diabetes Persist During Longitudinal Follow-up: Relation to Dysglycemia
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Differences in White Matter Microstructure in Children With Type 1 Diabetes Persist During Longitudinal Follow-up: Relation to Dysglycemia

Nelly Mauras, Qianheng Ma, Stuart A Weinzimer, Neil H White, Eva Tsalikian, Bruce Buckingham, Larry A Fox, William Tamborlane, Ana Maria Arbelaez, Michael Tansey, …
Diabetes (New York, N.Y.), Vol.74(8), pp.1417-1426
08/01/2025
DOI: 10.2337/db24-0684
PMCID: PMC12278787
PMID: 40455934

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Abstract

Type 1 diabetes has detrimental effects in white matter in young children. We performed a longitudinal study using brain MRI (diffusion tensor imaging) and cognitive assessments in 4- to 9-year-old children, control participants without diabetes (n = 71) and with type 1 diabetes (n = 143), plus continuous glucose monitoring, to assess changes at four time points as children grow over 6-8 years. White matter myelination and fiber integrity were assessed using axial diffusivity, which was decreased in the diabetes versus control group, less so during puberty, and fractional anisotropy was reciprocally related to hyperglycemia. Data suggest continued negative impact of chronic hyperglycemia in the developing brain.

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