Strong Association Between Time Watching Television and Blood Glucose Control in Children and Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes
Response to Margeirsdottir et al.
- Alessandro Giannattasio, MD1,
- Francesca Lugani, MD1,
- Angela Pistorio, MD, PHD2,
- Nicola Minuto, MD1,
- Renata Lorini, MD1 and
- Giuseppe d'Annunzio, MD1
- 1Pediatric Clinic, University of Genoa, Regional Center for Pediatric Diabetes, Genoa, Italy
- 2Epidemiology and Biostatistic Unit, IRCCS G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
- Address correspondence to Giuseppe d'Annunzio, MD, Pediatric Clinic, G. Gaslini Institute, Largo Gaslini 5, 16147, Genova, Italy. E-mail: giuseppedannunzio{at}ospedale-gaslini.ge.it
We reply to Margeirsdottir et al. (1), reporting our experience in 237 type 1 diabetic Italian patients (139 male), aged (mean ± SD) 16.8 ± 7.1 years (range 1.8–36.3) with mean disease duration 9.0 ± 6.3 years (1.0–27.6), mean A1C 7.7 ± 1.1% (5.2–13.5), and mean insulin requirement 0.82 ± 0.24 units · kg−1 · day−1 (0.24–1.58).
Between January and March 2007, in all patients we evaluated by direct or telephone interviews the influence of leisure time in TV watching …
