Relation between carotid intima media thickness and oxidative stress markers in type 1 diabetic children and adolescents.

Autor: El Samahy MH, Matter RM, Youssef OI; Departments of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, 29dar el ezz, Medinet el Zahraam, Helmeyet el Zaytoon, Cairo, Egypt. ibrahim_omneya@yahoo.com., Shams El Din El Telbany MA, Kamal NA
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders [J Diabetes Metab Disord] 2013 Dec 19; Vol. 12 (1), pp. 50. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Dec 19.
DOI: 10.1186/2251-6581-12-50
Abstrakt: Background: Carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) is a non invasive marker of subclinical atherosclerosis. Hyperglycemia, oxidatively modified atherogenic lipoproteins and advanced glycation end products are linked to increased oxidative stress in diabetes. We aimed to find out the relation between carotid intima media thickness in type 1 diabetic children and adolescents and plasma nitric oxide and total antioxidant capacity levels as markers of oxidative stress.
Methods: This study included 50 children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus with mean age (9.7 ± 3.4 years) and 50 healthy age and sex matched controls. They were subjected to assessment of hemoglobin A1c, total cholesterol and triglycerides, serum total antioxidant capacity, serum nitric oxide (NO) by colorimetric method and carotid intima media thickness by B-mode ultrasound.
Results: There was significant elevation in serum nitric oxide (17.07 ± 6.4 vs 12.6 ± 4.7 μmol/L; p < 0.001), CIMT (0.47 ± 0.04 vs 0.39 ± 0.02 mm; p < 0.001) and significant reduction in serum total antioxidant capacity (0.41 ± 0.29 vs 0.87 ± 0.23 mmol/L; p < 0.001) in diabetic patients compared to controls. Carotid intima media thickness was correlated positively with nitric oxide (r = 0.402, p = 0.01) and negatively with total antioxidant capacity (r = -0.341, p = 0.02). Carotid intima media thickness was also correlated positively with age, duration of diabetes but not correlated with glycemic control or lipid profile.
Conclusion: The significant elevation in nitric oxide and reduction in total antioxidant capacity in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus with their correlation with carotid intima media thickness may reflect the role of oxidative stress in the development of atherosclerosis in young type 1 diabetic subjects.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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