Dietary intake on days with and without hypoglycemia in youth with type 1 diabetes: The Flexible Lifestyle Empowering Change trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To address a common perception that hypoglycemia is associated with increased dietary intake, we examined calorie and carbohydrate consumption on days with and without hypoglycemia among adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

Methods

Days (N = 274) with 24-hour dietary recalls and continuous glucose monitoring were available for 122 adolescents with T1D in the Flexible Lifestyle Empowering Change trial (age 13-16 years, diabetes duration >1 year, hemoglobin A1c 8%-13%). Days with no hypoglycemia, clinical hypoglycemia (54-69 mg/dL) or clinically serious hypoglycemia (<54 mg/dL) were further split into night (12-5:59 am) and day (6 am-11:59 pm). Mixed models tested whether intake of calories or carbohydrates was greater on days with than without hypoglycemia.

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SUBMITTER: Igudesman D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9175139 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature