Car crash risk for people with well-controlled diabetes
It is a discussion of a Canadian study, and assumes no knowledge of diabetes. They summarise the main findings
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Drivers with diabetes who’d been in a traffic accident were much more likely to have HbA1c levels at the lower end of the range recorded. The average HbA1c level for those who’d had an accident was 7.4, compared with 7.9 for people not in an accident. The researchers said that the increased risk of lower HbA1c might account for about one third of the 57 accidents in the study. |
The Guardian article also contains an explanation of the possible limitations of the study.
Here is the pubmed abstract
Reminded me of a conversation I had with a colleague about what I had to do to remain safe while driving (which is a right pain in the wotsit), and she told me about her insulin dependent friend who has hypo-unawareness, and quite often drives while she has a hypo, and only corrects it when she gets home, which is kinda scary.