Fasting blood glucose and HbA1c in children with ADHD

Frank Lindblad; Malin Eickhoff; Anders H Forslund; Johan Isaksson; Jan Gustafsson

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2015.01.028

Fasting blood glucose and HbA1c in children with ADHD

Psychiatry Res. 2015 Apr 30;226(2-3):515-6. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.01.028. Epub 2015 Feb 25.

Authors

Frank Lindblad¹, Malin Eickhoff², Anders H Forslund³, Johan Isaksson⁴, Jan Gustafsson⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neuroscience, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. Electronic address: frank.lindblad@neuro.uu.se.
² Department of Neuroscience, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. Electronic address: malin_elisabet.eickhoff.4740@student.uu.se.
³ Department of Women´s and Children´s Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. Electronic address: anders.forslund@akademiska.se.
⁴ Department of Neuroscience, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. Electronic address: johan.isaksson@neuro.uu.se.
⁵ Department of Women´s and Children´s Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. Electronic address: jan.gustafsson@kbh.uu.se.

PMID: 25747679
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.01.028

Abstract

Reports of hypocortisolism and overweight in pediatric ADHD motivate an investigation of blood glucose regulation in this group. Fasting blood glucose and HbA1c were investigated in 10 children (10-15 years) with ADHD and 22 comparisons. Fasting blood glucose was similar in both groups. HbA1c values were higher in the ADHD-group. BMI-SDS was also higher in the ADHD-group but did not predict HbA1c. The results suggest an association between ADHD and an altered blood glucose homeostasis.

Keywords: ADHD; Fasting blood glucose; HbA1c.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / blood*
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / diagnosis*
Blood Glucose / metabolism*
Child
Fasting / blood*
Female
Glucose Tolerance Test / methods
Glycated Hemoglobin / metabolism*
Humans
Male
Pilot Projects

Substances

Blood Glucose
Glycated Hemoglobin A
hemoglobin A1c protein, human