Psychological Stress and Metabolic Control in Patients with Type I Diabetes Mellitus

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Abstract
Acute psychological stress is believed to cause disturbances of metabolic control in patients with Type I diabetes. To examine the validity of this assumption, we subjected nine healthy persons (mean [±SEM] blood glucose level, 74±2 mg per deciliter), nine patients with Type I diabetes who had normoglycemia (130±10 mg per deciliter), and nine diabetic patients with hyperglycemia (444±17 mg per deciliter) to two acute psychological stresses: mental arithmetic and public speaking. Subjects in the three groups were matched for age, weight, sex, and socioeconomic status.