Diabetes technology

Clinically relevant stratification of patients with type 2 diabetes by using continuous glucose monitoring data

Diabetes Obes MetabPublished Cohort study with cluster analysis

Main finding · AlbuminuriaResult — go to the resultOdds ratio 1.24 95% CI 1.03–1.39

Authors' conclusion

Subtyping patients with T2DM using CGM data may help identify high-risk patients for microvascular complications and provide insights into the underlying pathophysiology. This method may help refine clinically meaningful stratification of patients with T2DM and inform personalized diabetes care.

Study context

Population
Patients with T2D who wore blinded continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) at an academic medical centre; validation in an independent population of 773 patients with T2D773 in validation set
Participants
3,119 patients
Exposure
CGM-derived T2D subgroups
Outcome
Albuminuria
Methodological detailssingle academic medical centre, blinded CGM, k-means clustering, independent validation population
  • Single academic medical centre
  • Blinded CGM
  • K-means clustering
  • Independent validation population

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

Odds ratio

1.24

95% CI 1.03–1.39

Group Cvs Group D
OR 1.24 (95% CI 1.03–1.39)

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

Clinical phenotypes incl. β-cell function and insulin resistance indices

Subgroups differed significantly
all p < .001

Original publication

Clinically relevant stratification of patients with type 2 diabetes by using continuous glucose monitoring data. Diabetes Obes Metab. Published 26 February 2024. doi:10.1111/dom.15512

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