Fysisk status hos pojkar med typ 1 diabetes
AimThe aim of this study was to survey the physical fitness in boys with type 1 diabetes (IDDM). The results were compared to a control group with healthy boys that have preformed the same tests in other studies. Our questions were:1. How does BMI relate between IDDM-children and healthy peers?2. How does physical activity level relate between IDDM-children and healthy peers?3. How does aerobic fitness (VO2max), grip strength and balance relate between IDDM-children and healthy peers?MethodSubjects were recruited in cooperation with Astrid Lindgrens Barnsjukhus. Height, body mass, VO2max, grip strength, balance and measurement of physical activity level with accelerometry were data collected from five boys with type 1 diabetes. The results were compared to data found in healthy subjects. The collected data were presented as z scores.ResultsTwo subjects showed a main difference in their test results compared to the mean value of healthy boys. The subjects that were deviated from mean values performed poor results in some or all of the tests. Only two subjects provided sufficiently registration of physical activity level for comparison with the control group. Data showed a lower activity level in one subject compared to healthy controls and a higher activity level in the other subject.ConclusionsThe examined group cannot be proven to be a representative selection, and no general conclusion regarding children with type 1 diabetes and their physical status could be drawn. No statistic significant differences could be found based on the data of this study. One notable tendency was that the subjects that differs a lot from mean values in some test also show the same discrepancy in the other tests.