Associations of continuous glucose monitoring-assessed glucose variability with intima-media thickness and ultrasonic tissue characteristics of the carotid arteries: a cross-sectional analysis in patients with type 2 diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association between glucose variability and the progression of atherosclerosis is not completely understood. We aimed to evaluate the associations of glucose variability with the progression of atherosclerosis in the early stages.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional analysis to investigate the associations of glucose variability, assessed by continuous glucose monitoring, with intima-media thickness (IMT) and gray-scale median (GSM) of the carotid arteries, which are different indicators for the progression of atherosclerosis. We used baseline data from a hospital-based multicenter prospective observational cohort study among Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes without a history of cardiovascular diseases aged between 30 and 80 years. Continuous glucose

SUBMITTER: Taya N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8097791 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature