Daily energy expenditure, cardiorespiratory fitness and glycaemic control in people with type 1 diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Encouraging daily physical activity improves cardiorespiratory fitness and many cardiovascular risk factors. However, increasing physical activity often creates a challenge for people with type 1 diabetes, because of difficulties maintaining euglycemia in the face of altered food intake and adjustments to insulin doses. Our aim was to examine the triangular relationship between glucose control measured by continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS), objective measures of total daily energy expenditure (TEE) recorded by a multi-sensory monitoring device, and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), in free-living subjects with type 1 diabetes.

Research design and methods

Twenty-three individuals (12 women) with type 1 diabetes who were free from micro- and macrovascular com

SUBMITTER: Valletta JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4020853 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature