Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on glycaemic control in subjects with type 2 diabetes: the glycalock study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To assess the effect of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown on glycaemic control in subjects with type 2 diabetes (T2D).

Materials and methods

In this observational, multicentre, retrospective study conducted in the Lazio region, Italy, we compared the differences in the HbA1c levels of 141 subjects with T2D exposed to lockdown with 123 matched controls with T2D who attended the study centres 1 year before. Basal data were collected from 9 December to 9 March and follow-up data from 3 June to 10 July in 2020 for the lockdown group, and during the same timeframes in 2019 for the control groups. Changes in HbA1c (ΔHbA1c) and body mass index (ΔBMI) during lockdown were compared among patients with different psychological well-being, as evaluated by tertiles of

SUBMITTER: D'Onofrio L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8251001 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature