Journal article
Influence of intensive diabetes treatment on body weight and composition of adults with type 1 diabetes in the diabetes control and complications trial
Diabetes Care, Vol.24(10), pp.1711-1721
2001
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.24.10.1711
PMCID: PMC2663516
PMID: 11574431
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine the differential effects of intensive and conventional diabetes therapy on weight gain and body composition in adults with type 1 diabetes.RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Between 1982 and 1989, 1,246 adults (aged 18-39 years) in the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial were randomly assigned to either conventional therapy (1-2 injections of insulin per day) or intensive therapy (multiple daily injections or continuous subcutaneous infusion with frequent blood-glucose testing). Height and weight were measured at baseline and at annual visits for an average of 6 years (range 3-9). Body composition was assessed cross-sectionally with bioelectrical impedance analysis during 1992, at which time waist and hip circumferences were measured.RESULTS: Intensively treated patients gained an average of 4.75 kg more than their conventionally treated counterparts (P < 0.0001). This represented excess increases in BMI of 1.5 kg/m(2) among men and 1.8 kg/m(2) among women. Growth-curve analysis showed that weight gain was most rapid during the first year of therapy. Intensive therapy patients were also more likely to become overweight (BMI >or=27.8 kg/m(2) for men, >or=27.3 kg/m(2) for women) or experience major weight gain (BMI increased >or=5 kg/m(2)). Waist-to-hip ratios, however, did not differ between treatment groups. Major weight gain was associated with higher percentages of body fat and greater fat-free mass, but among patients without major weight gain, those receiving intensive therapy had greater fat-free mass with no difference in adiposity.CONCLUSIONS: Intensive therapy for type 1 diabetes produces substantial excess weight gain compared with conventional therapy. However, the additional weight appears to include lean tissue as well as fat.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Influence of intensive diabetes treatment on body weight and composition of adults with type 1 diabetes in the diabetes control and complications trial
- Creators
- David M NathanDiabetes Control and Complications Trial Research Group
- Contributors
- H Culver Boldt (Contributor) - University of Iowa, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Diabetes Care, Vol.24(10), pp.1711-1721
- DOI
- 10.2337/diacare.24.10.1711
- PMID
- 11574431
- PMCID
- PMC2663516
- ISSN
- 0149-5992
- eISSN
- 1935-5548
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2001
- Academic Unit
- Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9983980285002771
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