Glucose Variations During Driving in People With Type 1 Diabetes Using a Continuous Glucose Monitoring System.
- Schmied LS Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland henryk.zulewski@unibas.ch laurent.schmied@usb.ch.
- Zulewski H Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE) ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland henryk.zulewski@unibas.ch laurent.schmied@usb.ch.
- 2019-06-22
Published in:
- Diabetes care. - 2019
Adult
Automobile Driving
Biological Variation, Individual
Blood Glucose
Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Equipment and Supplies
Extracellular Fluid
Female
Glucose
Humans
Insulin
Male
Middle Aged
English
OBJECTIVE
Hypoglycemic events during driving are life-threatening complications in people with type 1 diabetes (T1D). While preliminary studies showed increased glucose demand in driving simulations, we investigated interstitial fluid (ISF) glucose when driving under real-life circumstances.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
We measured ISF glucose in 10 participants with stable T1D during a 2-h driving course using a continuous glucose monitoring system.
RESULTS
Our data show a driving-associated rise of ISF glucose. Initially increasing glucose was followed by decreasing values. Under control conditions at the same time of the day without driving, no specific glucose changes were observed.
CONCLUSIONS
Real-life driving may have caused an initial glucose increase followed by decreasing glucose values in this cohort with well-controlled T1D. These findings may be limited to the selected study population.
Hypoglycemic events during driving are life-threatening complications in people with type 1 diabetes (T1D). While preliminary studies showed increased glucose demand in driving simulations, we investigated interstitial fluid (ISF) glucose when driving under real-life circumstances.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
We measured ISF glucose in 10 participants with stable T1D during a 2-h driving course using a continuous glucose monitoring system.
RESULTS
Our data show a driving-associated rise of ISF glucose. Initially increasing glucose was followed by decreasing values. Under control conditions at the same time of the day without driving, no specific glucose changes were observed.
CONCLUSIONS
Real-life driving may have caused an initial glucose increase followed by decreasing glucose values in this cohort with well-controlled T1D. These findings may be limited to the selected study population.
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- English
- Open access status
- bronze
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.2337/dc18-0822
- PMID 31221699
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/185286
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