L A Ross1, R E Warren, C J H Kelnar, B M Frier. 1. Section of Child Life and Health, Department of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Abstract
AIMS: To compare physiological and autonomic responses to acute hypoglycaemia in diabetic children in pre-, mid-, and post-pubertal stages of development. METHODS: Twenty seven children (8 pre-pubertal, 7 mid-pubertal, 12 post-pubertal) with type 1 diabetes were studied. Hypoglycaemia was induced by insulin infusion until an autonomic reaction (R) was identified. Counterregulatory hormone levels were measured at baseline, R, R+15, and R+30 minutes. Haemodynamic changes and sweat production were measured. RESULTS: The mean blood glucose level at R was lower in pre-pubertal than mid-pubertal children (2.0 v 2.5 mmol/l), and was positively correlated with HbA1c. Glucagon and noradrenaline responses to hypoglycaemia were minimal in all children. A brisk increase in pancreatic polypeptide (PP) concentration only occurred in post-pubertal children. Only two children showed a sweating response to hypoglycaemia. CONCLUSIONS: The blood glucose level at which sympatho-adrenal responses to hypoglycaemia were activated was associated with glycaemic control, and varied with pubertal stage. As in adults, the glucagon response to hypoglycaemia was deficient within a few years of developing diabetes. However, sweating and secretion of PP in response to hypoglycaemia did not occur until after puberty, indicating some qualitative differences from adults.
AIMS: To compare physiological and autonomic responses to acute hypoglycaemia in diabeticchildren in pre-, mid-, and post-pubertal stages of development. METHODS: Twenty seven children (8 pre-pubertal, 7 mid-pubertal, 12 post-pubertal) with type 1 diabetes were studied. Hypoglycaemia was induced by insulin infusion until an autonomic reaction (R) was identified. Counterregulatory hormone levels were measured at baseline, R, R+15, and R+30 minutes. Haemodynamic changes and sweat production were measured. RESULTS: The mean blood glucose level at R was lower in pre-pubertal than mid-pubertal children (2.0 v 2.5 mmol/l), and was positively correlated with HbA1c. Glucagon and noradrenaline responses to hypoglycaemia were minimal in all children. A brisk increase in pancreatic polypeptide (PP) concentration only occurred in post-pubertal children. Only two children showed a sweating response to hypoglycaemia. CONCLUSIONS: The blood glucose level at which sympatho-adrenal responses to hypoglycaemia were activated was associated with glycaemic control, and varied with pubertal stage. As in adults, the glucagon response to hypoglycaemia was deficient within a few years of developing diabetes. However, sweating and secretion of PP in response to hypoglycaemia did not occur until after puberty, indicating some qualitative differences from adults.
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