1675-P: Does Intensification of Insulin Therapy Lead to Increased Body Fat among Youth and Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D)?

Intensive insulin therapy may have the unintended consequence of increased adiposity, contributing to the high prevalence of overweight and obesity in people with T1D. We examined the longitudinal association of insulin intensification with estimated body fat percentage (eBFP) among 746 individuals with T1D (age 10-21 years at initial visit) in the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study. eBFP was calculated using validated, published sex and...