Intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring compared with blood glucose monitoring is associated with lower HbA_1c and a reduced risk of hospitalisation for diabetes-related complications in adults with type 2 diabetes on insulin therapies.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/hypothesis

We assessed the impact of initiating intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring (isCGM) compared with capillary blood glucose monitoring (BGM) on HbA_1c levels and hospitalisations for diabetes-related complications in adults with insulin-treated type 2 diabetes in Sweden.

Methods

This retrospective comparative cohort study included adults with type 2 diabetes who had a National Diabetes Register initiation date for isCGM after 1 June 2017. Prescribed Drug Register records identified subgroups treated with multiple daily insulin injections (T2D-MDI) or basal insulin (T2D-B), with or without other glucose-lowering drugs. The National Patient Register provided data on hospitalisation rates.

Results

We identified 2876 adults in the T2D

SUBMITTER: Nathanson D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11663194 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature