ArticleActa diabetologica2024
Scans per day as predictors of optimal glycemic control in people with type 1 diabetes mellitus using flash glucose monitoring: what number of scans per day should raise a red flag?
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- Glucose alarms approach with flash glucose monitoring system: a narrative review of clinical benefits.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2025Review
- The efficacy of intermittent scanning continuous glucose monitoring in the elderly: A case-control study.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2025Observational
- Influence of smoking on glycaemic control in individuals with type 1 diabetes using flash glucose monitoring and its mediating role in the relationship between socioeconomic status and glycaemic control.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2025Article
- Time above range and no coefficient of variation is associated with diabetic retinopathy in individuals with type 1 diabetes and glycated hemoglobin within target.Acta diabetologica · 2025Article
- Global epidemiology and burden of type 2 diabetes in adults aged 55 and older: insights from 1990 to 2021.Therapeutic advances in endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Article
- Public Health System Funding for isCGM Reduces Socioeconomic Disparities in Type 2 Diabetes Control: A Cohort Study.Journal of diabetes research · 2025Article
- Predicting Time in Range Without Hypoglycaemia Using a Risk Calculator for Intermittently Scanned CGM in Type 1 Diabetes.Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism · 2025Article
- Current landscape and comprehensive management of glycemic variability in diabetic retinopathy.Journal of translational medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
aimsThis study aimed to determine the minimum frequency of flash glucose monitoring (FGM) scans necessary for optimal glycemic control in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D).
methodsData were collected from 692 patients (47.5% female, with a median age of 47.4 years) who used FGM systems daily and recorded their clinical variables and device data.
resultsLogistic regression models showed that performing more than 12 scans per day was associated with improved T1D control (OR = 4.22, p < 0.001) and a reduction in HbA1c (7.6 vs 7.0%, 60-53 mmol/mol p < 0.001). However, those performing less than 6 scans showed no improvement in HbA1c (7.9 vs 7.8%, 63-61 mmol/mol p = 0.514). Thirteen daily scans were determined as the optimal cutoff point for predicting optimal glycemic control using a maximally selected rank algorithm. Significant reductions were observed in mean glucose (< 0.001), coefficient of variation (< 0.001), HbA1c (< 0.001), and an increase in TIR (< 0.001) in patients who performed more than 12 daily scans.
conclusionsThe results suggest that a higher frequency of daily scans by T1D patients using FGM systems leads to improved chronic glycemic control. The minimum recommended frequency for optimal control is 13 scans per day, and more than 6 daily scans are needed to improve HbA1c.
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