The clinical importance of measuring glycaemic variability: Utilising new metrics to optimise glycaemic control.

ABSTRACT: With the widespread use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), glycaemic variability (GV) is a glucose metric that has been gaining increasing attention. However, unlike other glucose metrics that are easily defined and have clear targets, GV has a large number of different measures given the complexity involved in assessment. While variabilities in HbA1c, fasting and postprandial glucose have been incorporated under the GV banner, short-term variability in glucose, within day and between days, is more in keeping with the correct definition of GV. This review is focused on short-term GV, as assessed by CGM data, although studies calculating GV from capillary glucose testing are also mentioned as appropriate. The different measures of GV are addressed, and their potential role in microvasc

SUBMITTER: Ajjan RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11646482 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature