Pediatric Endocrinology News

Once-daily oral verapamil may help preserve stimulated C-peptide secretion for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, according to a study published in JAMA.

Analyzing psychosocial health and patient-reported outcomes is necessary when treating people with diabetes, and practices should incorporate screening into routine care, according to a review article published in Current Diabetes Reports.

Advanced hybrid closed-loop therapy reduces HbA1c and improves time in range among adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes, with few serious adverse events, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.

Children who develop type 1 diabetes may have biomarkers present in the gut microbiome as early as age 1 year, according to a study published in Diabetologia.

Maternal BMI and fat mass are positively associated with the BMI and fat mass of daughters aged 6 to 9 years, according to findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy among children and adolescents with type 2 diabetes greatly increases 5 years after diabetes diagnosis, according to findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Young children using a hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery system had a greater time in range at 13 weeks compared with those receiving standard care, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

A large-scale study found that the risk for developing hypertension within 5 years was higher even among children who were at the high end of normal weight, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Children of women with type 2 diabetes who took 1,000 mg metformin twice daily during pregnancy had a similar BMI z score at age 2 years compared with those of women using placebo, according to study data.

Visceral adipose tissue plus circadian misalignment — delayed and irregular sleep midpoints — is associated with increased blood pressure among adolescents, according to a study published in Hypertension.