Down syndrome (DS) is the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability, affecting approximately one for every 800 live births. The
RESUMO:O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a habilidade intelectual de crianças com Diabetes Mellitus do Tipo 1 (DM1). Para tanto, foram consideradas as variáveis clínicas: idade ao diagnóstico e exposição a episódios de hipoglicemia. Utilizou-se como medida de avaliação da inteligência o WISC III. 20 crianças com DM1, de ambos os sexos e com idades entre seis a nove anos, participaram do estudo. Os dados obtidos foram interpretados a partir de análises descritivas e inferenciais. Observou-se que 80% dos participantes obtiveram rendimento global classificado dentro da variação normal de inteligência. As pontuações mais baixas obtidas pelas crianças diagnosticadas com DM1 foram identificadas no dominio da Organização Perceptual. A análise do impacto das variáveis clínicas sobre o desenvolvimento da inteligência apontou diferenças significativas entre crianças com início precoce da doença quando comparadas àquelas com início tardío, nos diferentes subtestes que compõem a escala. Os dados sugerem que a DM1 está diretamente relacionada a alterações no funcionamento cognitivo, especialmente em casos de início precoce da doença. Palavras-chave: diabetes mellitus tipo 1, inteligencia, desenvolvimento infantil. _________________________________________________________________________ INTELLIGENCE AND DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 1ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to evaluate the intellectual capacity of children with DM1. We considered the clinical variables: onset of disease and exposure to episodes of severe hypoglycemia. The WISC-III was used for evaluating the intellectual abilities of the participants. 20 children with DM1, of both sexes and aged six to nine years, participated in the study. We carried out the descriptive and inferential analysis of the data. We observed that 80% of the participants had a global performance classified within the normal intelligence range. Considering the four Index Scores, we observed that the children with DM1 obtained their lowest scores on the Perceptual Organization Index. Regarding the possible influence of clinical variables, this study found significant statistical differences between children with early onset of DM1 and late onset in subtests of the WISC-III. These data suggest that DM1 is causally related to alterations in cognitive functioning, especially in cases of early beginning of the disease.
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