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. 2021 May;58(5):661-664.
doi: 10.1007/s00592-020-01667-6. Epub 2021 Feb 2.

Glycemic control of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes improved after COVID-19 lockdown in Italy

Marco Marigliano  1 , Claudio Maffeis  2
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Glycemic control of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes improved after COVID-19 lockdown in Italy

Marco Marigliano et al. Acta Diabetol. 2021 May.
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Keywords: Adolescents; CGM; COVID-19; Children; HbA1c; Type 1 diabetes.

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Fig. 1
Effect of COVID-19 lockdown on glycemic control in children and adolescents. The figure shows statistically significant reduction in HbA1c (A), % of TAR (C), mean glucose (D), SD of the mean (E) and glucose management indicator (GMI) (F) and a statistically significant improvement in % of TIR (B) after almost three months of COVID-19 lockdown in Italy
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