Prospective investigation.
Academic research institute.
Adolescents with T1D (n = 31) and healthy girls (n = 52).
Ovulation assessed through the measurement of salivary progesterone (days 13, 18, 23, and 28 of each cycle).
Proportion of ovulatory cycles.
A total of 168 and 281 menstrual cycles were studied in the T1D and control girls, respectively. Metabolic control was defined as optimal if HbA1c was <7.5 % . The proportion of ovulatory cycles was similar in the TID and control groups (34.5 % and 36.3 % , respectively). Regression analyses showed that the presence of T1D did not have a statistically significant effect on the ovulatory rate. However, more ovulatory cycles were observed in girls with T1D who had optimal metabolic control compared with those who had insufficient control (51.3 % vs. 29.4 % ).
In adolescent girls, T1D did not affect the rate of ovulation. A higher ovulatory rate was observed in those with optimal control compared with those with insufficient metabolic control, but a substantial proportion of ovulatory cycles were still observed in patients with higher HbA1c levels.