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The study aims to assess how sociodemographic factors influence disease control in children with diabetes.

Sociodemographic Risk Factors to Disease Control in Children with Diabetes

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Randomized trial evaluates disease control in children with diabetes, indicating significant socioeconomic impacts.

The study aims to assess how sociodemographic factors influence disease control in children with diabetes.
Examined 58 children with diabetes stratified by ethnicity and socioeconomic status.
Evaluated three dependent variables: HbA1 values, number of hospitalizations, and hypoglycaemic blackouts.
Analyzed the impact of ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and family structure on disease control.
Children from low SES families had poorer glycaemic control (mean HbA1 = 12.6%) compared to middle-income families (mean HbA1 = 10.4%).
Low SES children experienced more hypoglycaemia-related episodes, averaging 0.5 per patient compared to 0.1 per patient in middle-income families.
Children from two-parent middle-class families demonstrated better metabolic control than their peers in other family structures.

Overstreet et al. (1997) studied this question.

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