Background And Aims: Evolving evidence indicate that variations in blood glucose levels are likely to be an important factor in developing diabetic complications. Monitoring glucose fluctuations in patients remains as a therapeutic challenge and more evidence needs to be created in order to bring GV into limelight. This review encapsulates the most important findings conducted and discusses on them to provide readers a better understanding on this emerging subject.
Methods: Keyword-based comprehensive desktop search was conducted to gather the relevant literature. Triple-stage cascade type content analysis of the literature was conducted to draw relevant themes of discussions.
Results: High glycemic variability is associated with an increased risk of development of diabetic complications especially in cardiac conditions. The widely used and accepted metrics to determine the variations in blood glucose are Standard deviation (SD), MAGE (Mean amplitude of glycemic excursions) and MODD (Mean of daily differences). Occurrence of blood glucose variations affects at a molecular level thereby causing more harm than the occurrence of hyperglycemia alone.
Conclusion: Available data suggest that Glycemic Variability should be used as an additional marker of glycemia. Additional research globally, and in India are required.
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Diabetes Res Clin Pract
December 2024
Department of Vascular Surgery, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. Electronic address:
Aims: This study aimed to explore the association between glycemic variability (GV) and postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) incidence.
Methods: In this retrospective study, we included patients undergoing cardiac surgeries. GV was calculated as the coefficient of variation of blood glucose and categorized into tertiles based on its distribution.
Cureus
November 2024
Department of Pharmacology, Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Karad, IND.
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December 2024
MRC Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom. Electronic address:
Background: Small nutritional preloads can reduce postprandial glucose excursions in individuals with and without metabolic syndrome or T2D. However, most studies have focused on preloads administered before single meals and have predominantly used protein-based preloads.
Objective: To investigate the effects of sequential consumption of medium chain triglycerides (MCT) and whey protein isolate (WPI) preloads before breakfast lunch and dinner on postprandial, diurnal and 24h glycaemia in individuals with T2D.
J Diabetes Complications
December 2024
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens First Department of Propaedeutic and Internal Medicine, Laiko General Hospital Athens, Attiki, Greece.
Background: Patients with type 1 diabetes (DM1), even in the setting of adequate glycaemic control, have an excess risk for developing cardiovascular disease. Residual insulin secretion (RIS), measured by detectable C-peptide levels in patients with DM1, might protect against diabetes-related complications. This study aimed to examine the relationship between residual insulin secretion and prognostic markers of cardiovascular complications in patients with DM1.
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January 2025
Department of Endocrinology, St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA.
Routine serum studies in a female patient with sustained prediabetic glycated hemoglobin A (HbA) levels, controlled on metformin, yielded an unexpected finding: an elevated HbA value of ≥14.9% (≥139 mmol/mol) (normal reference range, <5.7% to <39 mmol/mol).
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