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Background: Obesity and diabetes mellitus are the common health
problems,and obesity is common cause of the insulin resistance.
Aim of studv: Aim of the study is to find any correlation between
obesity (insulin resistance) and type I diabetes in children.
Patients and methods: This study included (40) children with type I
diabetes, in addition to (40) children as control.The age of all studied
groups ranged from (8-18) years.This study was attemted from Ibn AlBalady Hospital during from 20 August to 9 Novembar,2008.
The subjects wrer divided into (4) groups according to their BMI:-
* Obese children,diabetes,n=2O,BMI>30.
* Non obese children, diabetes, n=20,BMI<25.
Obese children, non diabetes, n=20,BMI>30.
* Non obese children,non diabetes
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