UMMS Affiliation

Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics; Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences

Publication Date

2021-08-10

Document Type

Article

Disciplines

Endocrine System Diseases | Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases | Pediatrics

Abstract

Importance: There is no consensus on the impact of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on glycemic control in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in the US.

Aim: To determine the impact of the pandemic lockdown of March 15th through July 6(th), 2020 on glycemic control after controlling for confounders.

Subjects and Methods: An observational study of 110 subjects of mean age 14.8 +/- 4.9 years(y), [male 15.4 +/- 4.0y, (n=57); female 14.1 +/- 3.8y, (n=53), p=0.07] with T1D of 6.31 +/- 4.3y (95% CI 1.0-19.7y). Data were collected at 1-4 months before the lockdown and 1-4 months following the lifting of the lockdown at their first post-lockdown clinic visit.

Results: There was no significant change in A1c between the pre- and post-pandemic lockdown periods, 0.18 +/- 1.2%, (95% CI -0.05 to 0.41), p=0.13. There were equally no significant differences in A1c between the male and female subjects, -0.16 +/- 1.2 vs -0.19 +/- 1.2%, p=0.8; insulin pump users and non-pump users, -0.25 +/- 1.0 vs -0.12 +/- 1.4%, p=0.5; and pubertal vs prepubertal subjects, 0.18 +/- 1.3 vs -0.11 +/- 0.3%, p=0.6. The significant predictors of decrease in A1c were pre-lockdown A1c (p < .0001) and the use of CGM (p=0.019). The CGM users had significant reductions in point-of-care A1c (0.4 +/- 0.6%, p=0.0012), the CGM-estimated A1c (p=0.0076), mean glucose concentration (p=0.022), a significant increase in sensor usage (p=0.012), with no change in total daily dose of insulin (TDDI). The non-CGM users had significantly increased TDDI (p < 0.0001) but no change in HbA1c, 0.06 +/- 1.8%, p=0.86.

Conclusions: There was no change in glycemic control during the pandemic lockdown of 2020 in US children.

Keywords

COVID-19 pandemic, adolescents, children, hemoglobin A1c, type 1 diabetes

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DOI of Published Version

10.3389/fendo.2021.703905

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Nwosu BU, Al-Halbouni L, Parajuli S, Jasmin G, Zitek-Morrison E, Barton BA. COVID-19 Pandemic and Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes: No Significant Change in Glycemic Control During The Pandemic Lockdown of 2020. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2021 Aug 10;12:703905. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.703905. PMID: 34447352; PMCID: PMC8383280. Link to article on publisher's site

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Frontiers in endocrinology

PubMed ID

34447352

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