hrp0086s3.1 | Optimizing nocturnal diabetes control | ESPE2016

Sleep and Glycaemic Control in Children with Type 1 Diabetes

Spiegel Karine

Rapidly accumulating epidemiologic and experimental evidence has indicated that insufficient sleep, such as commonly experienced in modern societies by all age groups, reduces insulin sensitivity and impairs glucose metabolism in healthy adults, and increases the risk of incident type 2 diabetes. Studies in type 1 or type 2 diabetic adults show a link between reduced sleep quality or duration and poor glyceamic control. While poor diabetes control may impair sleep due to noctu...