posted Feb 11, 2011, 10:10 AM by John Paul Morrison
In this original research involving school aged youth aged 5-16 years old, the group with Type 1 Diabetes had lower estimated verbal intelligence compared to unaffected siblings. Within Type 1 group, verbal intelligence was reduced with increased exposure to Hyper, not to Hypo. In contrast, spatial intelligence and delayed recall were reduced only with repeated Hypoglycemia
Conclusions: Hypo and Hyper have qualitatively different effects on cognitive function in T1DM that depend in part on the timing of exposure during development, independent of onset age. This information extends the known benefits of avoiding both Hypo and chronic Hyper during childhood to include preservation of specific cognitive skills.
Perantie, D. C., Lim, A., Wu, J., Weaver, P., Warren, S. L., Sadler, M., White, N. H. and Hershey, T. (2008), Effects of prior hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia on cognition in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Pediatric Diabetes, 9: 87–95. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2007.00274.x |
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