A delayed chylomicron (CM) clearance rate, a known risk factor for atherosclerosis, has been described in adults with diabetes type 1 (DM1). We determined the CM clearance rate in late teenagers with DM1, and the relationship between CM clearance rate and elevated plasma lipid concentrations in DM1 teenagers in poor metabolic control (as characterized by HbA 1c percentage). Plasma lipids and CM clearance were determined in nine patients with DM1 (mean age Ϯ SD: 17.5 Ϯ 0.6 y) and four healthy controls (mean age Ϯ SD: 20.1 Ϯ 0.8 y), by measuring breath 13 CO 2 , plasma triglyceride, retinyl palmitate, and 13 Clabeled oleic acid concentrations, after oral administration of a fat-rich meal together with vitamin A and 13 C-oleic acid. In patients with DM1, fasting triglyceride and cholesterol concentrations were positively correlated with HbA 1c percentage (p Ͻ 0.05). Neither in DM1 patients, nor in controls, was an elevated triglyceride concentration (above 1.7 mmol/L) found. Yet, in 22% of DM1 patients, cholesterol concentration was above 5.2 mmol/L, but not in any of the controls. CM clearance rate in DM1 patients was similar to that in controls and did not signif- Diabetes mellitus type 1 (DM1) is associated with a 2-4 fold increased risk for cardiovascular disease (1). Specific diabetesrelated phenomena have been suggested to play a role in the observed association, such as glycosylation of proteins (2), presence of renal disease (3), elevated concentrations of plasma cholesterol, triglycerides, and low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (4), and altered composition of very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) and LDL (5, 6). In children and late teenagers, studies on risk factors associated with DM1 and atherosclerosis have mainly focused on cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations (7-9). Elevated concentrations of both cholesterol and triglycerides have been reported in children with DM1 in poor metabolic control, which tended to decrease to nondiabetic values upon improvement of metabolic control (7-9).A delayed chylomicron (CM) clearance has been identified as a risk factor for atherosclerosis in patients with coronary heart disease, in patients with type 2 diabetes, and in adult patients with DM1 (10 -12). Insulin enhances the metabolism of CM by stimulating the hydrolysis of CM triglycerides by lipoprotein lipase and the hepatic uptake of CM remnants (11). A relative deficiency of insulin, such as present in DM1, could therefore lead to a delay in CM clearance. A delay in CM clearance would imply a prolonged postprandial hyperlipidemia, which supposedly leads to increased deposition of CM contents into the arterial wall and to an unfavorable translocation of cholesteryl-esters from HDL to CM (13,14). Delays in CM clearance are amenable to dietary intervention, by changing the intake of fish oil (long chain PUFA) (15), monounsaturated-fat (16)