• Internal medicine · Feb 2022

    Significance of Glycemic Variability in Diabetes Mellitus.

    • Yoshiki Kusunoki, Kosuke Konishi, Taku Tsunoda, and Hidenori Koyama.
    • Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Clinical Immunology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan.
    • Intern. Med. 2022 Feb 1; 61 (3): 281290281-290.

    AbstractThe goal of diabetes treatment is to maintain good glycemic control, prevent the development and progression of diabetic complications, and ensure the same quality of life and life expectancy as healthy people. Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is used as an index of glycemic control, but strict glycemic control using HbA1c as an index may lead to severe hypoglycemia and cardiovascular death. Glycemic variability (GV), such as excessive hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia, is associated with diabetic vascular complications and has been recognized as an important index of glycemic control. Here, we reviewed the definition and evaluated the clinical usefulness of GV, and its relationship with diabetic complications and therapeutic strategies to reduce GV.

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