Diabetes

Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments Explored in T2DM

Publish Date June 30, 2020

Greatest drop in HbA1c for insulin, specific glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist added to metformin.

Heart Failure Ups Risk of Death in Patients With New T2DM

Publish Date June 30, 2020

Five-year risk ratio of death linked to heart failure 3 times higher at 5 years after T2DM diagnosis.

Administrative Data Predict Mortality With Diabetes

Publish Date June 30, 2020

Thirty-seven factors have good accuracy for predicting 5- and 10-year mortality in older veterans.

Kidney Stones Linked to Elevated Glucose in Men

Publish Date June 24, 2020

Elevated glucose levels, even within the nondiabetic range, are associated with an increased risk of kidney stones in men, but not women, a study found.

Adult T2DM Susceptibility May Be Identifiable in Children

Publish Date June 22, 2020

Subtle differences in metabolic features of young people seen from 8 to 25 years of age.

2019 Screening Guidelines Would Label More as T2DM Cases

Publish Date July 8, 2020

Benefit would be limited because ID’d cases would have HbA1c levels below pharmacotherapy targets.

Sleep Apnea in Patients With T2DM Ups Risk for Comorbidities

Publish Date June 17, 2020

Patients with T2DM and OSA diagnosis at higher risk for cardiovascular, microvascular complications.

Weight, Blood Pressure Higher in Younger Patients With T2DM

Publish Date June 8, 2020

Differentials for weight, BP for those with, without T2DM greater for younger versus older patients.

BMI, Tracheal Intubation/Death Linked in Diabetes With COVID-19

Publish Date June 4, 2020

In multivariable analyses with covariates, only BMI was positively linked to primary outcome.

Implementing CGM for Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 and Diabetes: Insights From One Medical Center

Publish Date June 4, 2020

In-hospital use of continuous glucose monitoring may offer improvements in glycemic control and reduced exposure to COVID-19 for healthcare professionals.