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Hindawi, Journal of Diabetes Research, (2022), p. 1-12, 2022

DOI: 10.1155/2022/1054042

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Association of Insulin Regimen and Estimated Body Fat Over Time among Youths and Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes: The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study

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Abstract

Aims. To explore how changes in insulin regimen are associated with estimated adiposity over time among youths and young adults with type 1 diabetes and whether any associations differ according to sex. Materials and Methods. Longitudinal data were analyzed from youths and young adults with type 1 diabetes in the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study. Participants were classified according to insulin regimen categorized as exclusive pump (“pump only”), exclusive injections (“injections only”), injection-pump transition (“injections-pump”), or pump-injection transition (“pump-injections”) for each follow-up visit completed. Estimated body fat percentage (eBFP) was calculated using validated equations. Sex-specific, linear mixed effects models examined the relationship between the insulin regimen group and change in eBFP during follow-up, adjusted for baseline eBFP, baseline insulin regimen, time-varying insulin dose, sociodemographic factors, and baseline HbA1c (≥9.0% vs. <9.0%). Results. The final sample included 284 females and 304 males, of whom 80% were non-Hispanic white with mean diagnosis age of 12.7 ± 2.4 years. In fully adjusted models for females, exclusive pump use over the study duration was associated with significantly greater increases in eBFP compared to exclusive use of injections ( difference in rate of change = 0.023 % increase per month, 95 % CI = 0.01 , 0.04). Injection-to-pump transitions and pump-to-injection transitions were also associated with greater increases in eBFP compared to exclusive use of injections ( difference in rate of change = 0.02 % , 95 % CI = 0.004 , 0.03, and 0.02%; 95 % CI = 0.0001 , 0.04, respectively). There was no relationship between the insulin regimen and eBFP among males. Conclusions. Among females with type 1 diabetes, exclusive and partial pump use may have the unintended consequence of increasing adiposity over time compared to exclusive use of injections, independent of insulin dose.