Rela？？o entre o perfil antropométrico e bioquímico em crian？as e adolescentes com diabetes melito tipo 1

objective: to evaluate the relationship between anthropometric and biochemical variables in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (dm1). methods: this was a cross-sectional study of 11 children and 43 adolescents with dm1. the following data were collected: socioeconomic and demographic (age, sex, education, income), clinical (insulin therapy), anthropometric (weight, height, skinfolds, waist circumference - wc) and biochemical variables (glycated hemoglobin - hba, casual blood glucose - cbg, post-prandial blood glucose - ppbg, and lipid profile). statistical analysis included student's t test (p<0.05) and pearson's correlation (p<0.05). results: the average income per capita was 0.58±0.39 times the monthly minimum wage and 72.2% of the sample were on insulin therapy consisting of three doses per day. most individuals had adequate height (92.6%) and bmi (87.0%) for their ages. subjects with an adequate hba index (inhba) had lower cbg (p=0.002) and ppbg (p<0.001). there were positive correlations between inhba and wc (p=0.013), cbg (p=0.014), ppbg (p<0.001), triglycerides and vldl-cholesterol (p<0.001). conclusions: poorer glycemic control is related to higher serum lipids levels and larger wc.