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Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on glucose control of elderly people with type 2 diabetes in Italy.


ABSTRACT:

Aims

to evaluate the effect of home confinement related to COVID-19 lockdown on metabolic control in subjects with T2DM in Italy.

Methods

we evaluated the metabolic profile of 304 individuals with T2DM (65% males; age 69 ± 9 years; diabetes duration 16 ± 10 years) attending our Diabetes Unit early at the end of lockdown period (June 8 to July 7, 2020) and compared it with the latest one recorded before lockdown.

Results

There was no significant difference in fasting plasma glucose (8.6 ± 2.1 vs 8.8 ± 2.5 mmol/L; P = 0.353) and HbA1c (7.1 ± 0.9 vs 7.1 ± 0.9%; P = 0.600) before and after lockdown. Worsening of glycaemic control (i.e., ΔHbA1c ≥ 0.5%) occurred more frequently in older patients (32.2% in > 80 years vs 21.3% in 61-80 years vs 9.3% in < 60 years; P = 0.05) and in insulin users (28.8 vs 16.5%; P = 0.012). On multivariable analysis, age > 80 years (OR 4.62; 95%CI: 1.22-16.07) and insulin therapy (OR 1.96; 95%CI: 1.10-3.50) remained independently associated to worsening in glycaemic control.

Conclusions

Home confinement related to COVID-19 lockdown did not exert a negative effect on glycaemic control in patients with T2DM. However, age and insulin therapy can identify patients at greatest risk of deterioration of glycaemic control.

SUBMITTER: Falcetta P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9754212 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on glucose control of elderly people with type 2 diabetes in Italy.

Falcetta Pierpaolo P   Aragona Michele M   Ciccarone Annamaria A   Bertolotto Alessandra A   Campi Fabrizio F   Coppelli Alberto A   Dardano Angela A   Giannarelli Rosa R   Bianchi Cristina C   Del Prato Stefano S  

Diabetes research and clinical practice 20210317


<h4>Aims</h4>to evaluate the effect of home confinement related to COVID-19 lockdown on metabolic control in subjects with T2DM in Italy.<h4>Methods</h4>we evaluated the metabolic profile of 304 individuals with T2DM (65% males; age 69 ± 9 years; diabetes duration 16 ± 10 years) attending our Diabetes Unit early at the end of lockdown period (June 8 to July 7, 2020) and compared it with the latest one recorded before lockdown.<h4>Results</h4>There was no significant difference in fasting plasma  ...[more]

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