ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Exercise has pleiotropic positive effects for children and adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). It improves glycemic control, daily insulin requirements, quality-of-life, morbidity and mortality rate. Leptin and adiponectin are adipocytokines produced by adipose tissue cells. Adiponectin is anti-atherogenic, anti-diabetic and anti-inflammatory, whereas leptin induces insulin resistance, has thermoregulatory properties and is pro-inflammatory.<...