RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Associations Between Media Consumption Habits, Physical Activity, Socioeconomic Status, and Glycemic Control in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes
JF Diabetes Care
JO Diabetes Care
FD American Diabetes Association
SP DC_110838
DO 10.2337/dc11-0838
A1 Galler, Angela
A1 Lindau, Maren
A1 Ernert, Andrea
A1 Thalemann, Ralf
A1 Raile, Klemens
YR 2011
UL http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/early/2011/09/12/dc11-0838.abstract
AB OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship between media consumption habits, physical activity, socioeconomic status, and glycemic control in youths with type 1 diabetes.RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS In the cross-sectional study, self-report questionnaires were used to assess media consumption habits, physical activity, and socioeconomic status in 296 children, adolescents, and young adults with type 1 diabetes. Clinical data and HbA1c levels were collected. Risk factors were analyzed by multiple regression.RESULTS Youths with type 1 diabetes (age 13.7 ± 4.1 years, HbA1c 8.7 ± 1.6%, diabetes duration 6.1 ± 3.3 years) spent 2.9 ± 1.8 h per day watching television and using computers. Weekly physical activity was 5.1 ± 4.5 h. Multiple regression analysis identified diabetes duration, socioeconomic status, and daily media consumption time as significant risk factors for glycemic control.CONCLUSIONS Diabetes duration, socioeconomic status, and daily media consumption time, but not physical activity, were significant risk factors for glycemic control in youths with type 1 diabetes.