HbA1c levels in schoolchildren with type 1 diabetes are seasonally variable and dependent on weather conditions

Diabetologia

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 749-756

  Mianowska, B ^a   Fendler, W ^a   Szadkowska, A ^a   Baranowska, A ^a   Grzelak Agaciak, E ^b   Sadon, J ^b   Keenan, H ^c   Mlynarski, W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT   (Poland)

^c JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; HbA1c; Seasonal variation; Type 1 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER; SUN EXPOSURE; WEATHER; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; SEASONS; WEATHER;

EID: 79953820266     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: 14320428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-010-2013-4     Document Type: Article

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