Associations Between Objective Sleep Behaviors and Blood Glucose Variability in Young Children With Type 1 Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Young children with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) are at risk for extreme blood glucose variability, a risk factor for suboptimal glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and long-term health complications. We know that a reciprocal relationship exists between sleep and glycemic outcomes in older youth with T1D; however, little research has examined objective sleep in young children (<7 years) with T1D.

Purpose

This study examines bidirectional associations between sleep behaviors and glycemic variability in young children with T1D.

Methods

Thirty-nine young children with T1D (Mage 4.33 ± 1.46 years; MHbA1c 8.10 ± 1.06%) provided accelerometry data to objectively measure sleep onset latency, number of nighttime awakenings, and total sleep time. We also assessed HbA1c, avera

SUBMITTER: Monzon AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7962884 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature