Hypoglycemia, but Not Glucose Variability, Relates to Vascular Function in Children with Type 1 Diabetes

Alexia Peña, Jennifer Couper, Jennifer Harrington, Roger Gent, Jan Fairchild, Elaine Tham, Peter Baghurst

Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics · 2012 · 54 citations · 27 references

Abstract

Hypoglycemia, but not glucose variability, during continuous glucose monitoring relates to impaired vascular endothelial function in children with type 1 diabetes. Hypoglycemia may be an additional risk factor for early cardiovascular disease, but the effect of glucose variability, independent of glycosylated hemoglobin, on vascular function remains uncertain.

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