The effect of walking on postprandial glycemic excursion in patients with type 1 diabetes and healthy people.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Physical activity (PA), even at low intensity, promotes health and improves hyperglycemia. However, the effect of low-intensity PA captured with accelerometery on glucose variability in healthy individuals and patients with type 1 diabetes has not been examined. Quantifying the effects of PA on glycemic variability would improve artificial endocrine pancreas (AEP) algorithms.

Research design and methods

We studied 12 healthy control subjects (five males, 37.7 ± 13.7 years of age) and 12 patients with type 1 diabetes (five males, 37.4 ± 14.2 years of age) for 88 h. Participants performed PA approximating a threefold increase over their basal metabolic rate. PA was captured using a PA-monitoring system, and interstitial fluid glucose concentrations were captured with

SUBMITTER: Manohar C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3507567 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature