Type 2 & other diabetes

Pre-hospital glycemia as a biomarker for in-hospital all-cause mortality in diabetic patients - a pilot study

Cardiovasc DiabetolPublished Pilot study

Authors' conclusion

Despite the pilot nature and modest sample size, this study marks the beginning of exploration into personalized glycemic control for hospitalized patients with T2DM. Pre-hospital blood glucose levels and related variables derived from it can serve as biomarkers for all-cause mortality during hospitalization.

Study context

Population
Hospitalized patients with T2D
Participants
120 patients
Outcome
30-day mortality risk (in-hospital all-cause mortality)
Follow-up
30 days
Methodological detailsprognostic modelling, machine learning and classical statistical analysis, machine learning (AdaBoost-FAS)
  • Prognostic modelling, machine learning and classical statistical analysis
  • Machine learning (AdaBoost-FAS)

Performance

As reported in the abstract

Discrimination of mortality
  • Novel index (ratio of intra-hospital glycemic variability to pre-hospitalization glycemic mean), together with in-hospital glycemic variability, discriminated between patients with higher and lower mortality rates

Original publication

Pre-hospital glycemia as a biomarker for in-hospital all-cause mortality in diabetic patients - a pilot study. Cardiovasc Diabetol. Published 3 May 2024. doi:10.1186/s12933-024-02245-8

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