1,2,3,1,2,4,2,1,2- 1Department of Advanced Technologies in Medicine & Dentistry, University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
- 2Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
- 3National Research Council-Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR-ISAC), Via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy
- 4Department of Science, University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
- 5Operational Unit of Paediatrics, Pescara Local Health Authority, 65124 Pescara, Italy
- 6Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara, 66100 Chieti, Italy
- 7Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control (AEMPC), Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology (CIC-AEET), School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University
The relation between atmospheric parameters and glycaemic patterns is a topic of clinical relevance, which needs to be deeply analysed in order to understand the feedback of patients to different environmental condition and therapy. In this context, the results of the project "Innovation Ecosystem: innovation, digitalisation and sustainability for the widespread economy in central Italy (VITALITY)", funded by NextGenerationEU, made it possible to assess how glycaemic trends in diabetic patients respond to external temperatures, humidity and Humidex. In this study analyses performed on both almost 200,000 patients with type 2 diabetes, followed at the Lanciano-Vasto-Chieti (Abruzzo, Italy) Local Health Authority, and on 219 patients with type 1 diabetes followed at the UOSD Regional Paediatric Diabetes Service Hospital, ‘SS. Annunziata’ Hospital, are included. The effect of climate change on diabetic patients was evaluated through correlation studies and multivariate analyses. Atmospheric temperature, humidity and Humidex were assessed with respect to blood glucose patterns both on the entire sample of patients (approximately 200,000 subjects), over 5 years (2019-2023), and on precision basis, following a subset of approximately 50 patients with type 2 diabetes, intensively for one week during 2025. At the same time, the analysis over a period of one year (Autumn 2022 - Summer 2023) on 219 patients with type 1 diabetes, was carried out evaluating glycaemic trends and outdoor temperatures [1,2]. The results point out a strong correlation between environmental conditions and blood glucose levels at every stage of the analysis, highlighting the importance of taking such parameters into account when studying chronic diseases such as diabetes.
[1] Mascitelli, A.; Tumini, S.; Chiacchiaretta, P.; Aruffo, E.; Sacrini, L.; Saltarelli, M.A.; Di Carlo, P. Effect of Atmospheric Temperature Variations on Glycemic Patterns of Patients with Type 1 Diabetes: Analysis as a Function of Different Therapeutic Treatments. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2025, 22, 1850. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22121850
[2] Chiacchiaretta, P.; Tumini, S.; Mascitelli, A.; Sacrini, L.; Saltarelli, M.A.; Carabotta, M.; Osmelli, J.; Di Carlo, P.; Aruffo, E. The Impact of Atmospheric Temperature Variations on Glycaemic Patterns in Children and Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes. Climate 2024, 12, 121. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli12080121
How to cite: Mascitelli, A., Chiacchiaretta, P., Staropoli, M. C., Aruffo, E., Tumini, S., Ferretti, A., Franciotti, R., Zhang, N., and Di Carlo, P.: The VITALITY Project: an analysis of the impact of climate change on diabetic patients in a region of central Italy (Abruzzo, Italy), 19th Plinius Conference on Mediterranean Risks, Murcia, Spain, 6–9 Oct 2026, Plinius19-19, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-plinius19-19, 2026.
