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Oliver N, Chow E, Luk AOY, Murphy HR. Applications of continuous glucose monitoring across settings and populations: Report from the 23rd Hong Kong diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors-East meets west symposium. Diabet Med 2023; 40:e15038. [PMID: 36617376 DOI: 10.1111/dme.15038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Revised: 12/18/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) is now an integral part of glycaemic management in people with type 1 diabetes and those with insulin-treated type 2 diabetes. Immediate access to information on CGM glucose levels and trends helps to inform food choices, titration and timing of insulin doses and prompts corrective actions in the event of impending hypo- or hyperglycaemia. Although glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) remains an important measure of the average of glucose, CGM metrics including time-in-range (TIR) and other metrics on glycaemic variability and hypoglycaemia are strongly endorsed by people with diabetes as impacting their daily lives. There is growing consensus on definitions and targets of CGM metrics with an increasing number of studies demonstrating correlations between CGM metrics and incident complications of diabetes. Implementation of new technologies needs to take into consideration factors such as cost-effectiveness, accessibility as well as acceptability of the person with diabetes and healthcare professional. The United Kingdom is one of the few countries that have developed clinical pathways for integrating CGM into the routine care of people with type 1 diabetes. Besides type 1 diabetes, special groups such as people with impaired kidney function and women during pregnancy may derive additional benefits from CGM.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nick Oliver
- Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, England
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Cambridge University, NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, England
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Ling J, Ng JKC, Chan JCN, Chow E. Use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in the Assessment and Management of Patients With Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022; 13:869899. [PMID: 35528010 PMCID: PMC9074296 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.869899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
In developed countries, diabetes is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and accounts for 50% of incidence of end stage kidney disease. Despite declining prevalence of micro- and macrovascular complications, there are rising trends in renal replacement therapy in diabetes. Optimal glycemic control may reduce risk of progression of CKD and related death. However, assessing glycemic control in patients with advanced CKD and on dialysis (G4-5) can be challenging. Laboratory biomarkers, such as glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), may be biased by abnormalities in blood haemoglobin, use of iron therapy and erythropoiesis-stimulating agents and chronic inflammation due to uraemia. Similarly, glycated albumin and fructosamine may be biased by abnormal protein turnover. Patients with advanced CKD exhibited heterogeneity in glycemic control ranging from severe insulin resistance to 'burnt-out' beta-cell function. They also had high risk of hypoglycaemia due to reduced renal gluconeogenesis, frequent use of insulin and dysregulation of counterregulatory hormones. Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems measure glucose in interstitial fluid every few minutes and provide an alternative and more reliable method of glycemic assessment, including asymptomatic hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemic excursions. Recent international guidelines recommended use of CGM-derived Glucose Management Index (GMI) in patients with advanced CKD although data are scarce in this population. Using CGM, patients with CKD were found to experience marked glycemic fluctuations with hypoglycemia due to loss of glucose and insulin during haemodialysis (HD) followed by hyperglycemia in the post-HD period. On the other hand, during peritoneal dialysis, patients may experience glycemic excursions with influx of glucose from dialysate solutions. These undesirable glucose exposure and variability may accelerate decline of residual renal function. Although CGM may improve the quality of glycemic monitoring and control in populations with CKD, further studies are needed to confirm the accuracy, optimal mode and frequency of CGM as well as their cost-effectiveness and user-acceptability in patients with advanced CKD and dialysis.
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Affiliation(s)
- James Ling
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Phase 1 Clinical Trial Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
- *Correspondence: Elaine Chow,
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Copur S, Onal EM, Afsar B, Ortiz A, van Raalte DH, Cherney DZ, Rossing P, Kanbay M. Diabetes mellitus in chronic kidney disease: Biomarkers beyond HbA1c to estimate glycemic control and diabetes-dependent morbidity and mortality. J Diabetes Complications 2020; 34:107707. [PMID: 32861562 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2020.107707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Optimal glycemic control contributes to improved outcomes in patients with DM, particularly for microvascular damage, but blood glucose levels are too variable to provide an accurate assessment and instead markers averaging long-term glycemic load are used. The most established glycemic biomarker of long-term glycemic control is HbA1c. Nevertheless, HbA1c has pitfalls that limit its accuracy to estimate glycemic control, including the presence of altered red blood cell survival, hemoglobin glycation and suboptimal performance of HbA1c assays. Alternative methods to evaluate glycemic control in patients with DM include glycated albumin, fructosamine, 1-5 anhydroglucitol, continuous glucose measurement, self-monitoring of blood glucose and random blood glucose concentration measurements. Accordingly, our aim was to review the advantages and pitfalls of these methods in the context of CKD.
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- Sidar Copur
- Department of Medicine, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Medicine, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Suleyman Demirel University School of Medicine, Isparta, Turkey
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- Dialysis Unit, School of Medicine, IIS-Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Avd. Reyes Católicos 2, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Diabetes Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center, location VUMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, UHN, Toronto, Canada; Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Gan T, Liao B, Xu G. The clinical usefulness of glycated albumin in patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease: Progress and challenges. J Diabetes Complications 2018; 32:876-884. [PMID: 30049445 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2018.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2018] [Revised: 06/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Prolonged hyperglycemia leads to a non-enzymatic glycation of proteins, and produces Amadori products, such as glycated albumin (GA) and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c). The utility of HbA1c in the setting of chronic kidney disease (CKD) may be problematic since altered lifespan of red blood cells, use of iron and/or erythropoietin therapy, uremia and so on. Therefore, as an alternative marker, GA has been suggested as a more reliable and sensitive glycemic index in patients with CKD. In addition to the mean plasma glucose concentration, GA also reflects postprandial plasma glucose and glycemic excursion. Besides, with a half-life of approximately 2-3 weeks, GA may reflect the status of blood glucose more rapidly than HbA1c. GA is also an early precursor of advanced glycation end products (AGEs), which cause alterations in various cellular proteins and organelles. Thus, high GA levels may correlate with adverse outcomes of patients with CKD. In this review, the clinical usefulness of GA was discussed, including a comparison of GA with HbA1c, the utility and limitations of GA as a glycemic index, its potential role in pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy and the correlations between GA levels and outcomes, specifically in patients with diabetes and CKD.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ting Gan
- Department of Nephrology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China; Grade 2014, the First Clinical Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Grade 2014, the First Clinical Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Nephrology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
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Yajima T, Yajima K, Hayashi M, Takahashi H, Yasuda K. Serum albumin-adjusted glycated albumin as a better indicator of glycemic control in Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with short duration of hemodialysis. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2017. [PMID: 28641154 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2017.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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AIMS Serum albumin-adjusted glycated albumin (adjusted GA) is reportedly a better predictor of mortality than GA in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) on hemodialysis (HD). We compared how accurately GA and adjusted GA reflected glycemic control in these patients. METHODS We enrolled 31 patients with T2DM on HD. They were divided into two groups according to duration of HD: ≤6months (short HD group, N=16) and >6months (long HD group, N=15). GA or adjusted GA and parameters of glycemic control obtained by continuous glucose monitoring were measured, and the correlations between these were analyzed. RESULTS GA and adjusted GA were significantly correlated with mean glucose levels (r=0.400, P=0.025 and r=0.508, P=0.0037) in all patients. Similar results were obtained in the long HD group (GA: r=0.554, P=0.032; adjusted GA: r=0.604, P=0.017). However, in the short HD group, adjusted GA (r=0.502, P=0.047) but not GA (r=0.340, P=0.20) was significantly correlated with mean glucose levels. CONCLUSIONS Adjusted GA may be a better indicator than GA for evaluating glycemic control in T2DM patients with short duration of HD.
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- Takahiro Yajima
- Department of Nephrology, Matsunami General Hospital, Gifu 501-6062, Japan.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Matsunami General Hospital, Gifu 501-6062, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Matsunami General Hospital, Gifu 501-6062, Japan
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- Division of Medical Statistics, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Matsunami General Hospital, Gifu 501-6062, Japan
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Wang N, Xu Z, Han P, Li T. Glycated albumin and ratio of glycated albumin to glycated hemoglobin are good indicators of diabetic nephropathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2017; 33. [PMID: 27537245 DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.2843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2015] [Revised: 06/26/2016] [Accepted: 08/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND We investigated the association between serum levels of glycated albumin (GA), glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c ), and GA:HbA1c ratio and the presence of diabetic nephropathy (DN) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS Two hundred six consecutive patients with T2DM were enrolled from the endocrinology ward at Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University and classified into 2 groups: DN group (n = 71) and non-diabetic nephropathy (non-DN) group (n = 135). RESULTS The DN group showed significantly higher GA and GA:HbA1c values compared with the non-DN group. After univariate logistic regression, GA, GA:HbA1c , HbA1c , age, T2DM duration, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, triglycerides, mean blood glucose (from 7 blood glucose checks), and presence of retinopathy were selected for advanced analysis. A multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to examine the association between the presence of DN and these variables. Glycated albumin, GA:HbA1c , duration, systolic blood pressure, mean blood glucose, and retinopathy (but not HbA1c ) were identified as independent variables that predicted the presence of DN. We then fitted the areas under the curve of GA:HbA1c and GA (0.811 and 0.754, respectively) separately using a receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. Both were better than HbA1c (0.580). We defined the cutoff value of GA:HbA1c as 2.71 (sensitivity 0.676, specificity 0.778) and that of GA as 17.5% (sensitivity 0.761, specificity 0.644) for the prediction of DN in patients with T2DM. CONCLUSIONS The GA:HbA1c ratio and GA may be superior to HbA1c associated with the presence of DN.
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- Nana Wang
- Endocrinology Department, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Laboratory Medicine Department, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Endocrinology Department, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Emergency Department, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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Yajima T, Yajima K, Hayashi M, Yasuda K, Takahashi H, Yamakita N. Serum albumin-adjusted glycated albumin is a better predictor of mortality in diabetic patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis. J Diabetes Complications 2016; 30:786-9. [PMID: 27009773 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2016.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2016] [Revised: 02/25/2016] [Accepted: 02/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS Glycated albumin (GA) is a marker for monitoring glycemic control in diabetic patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). We evaluated whether serum albumin-adjusted GA (adjusted GA) could predict mortality in diabetic patients with ESRD on hemodialysis. METHODS Seventy-eight patients with type 2 diabetes treated with regular hemodialysis were enrolled and followed up for 5-years. The adjusted GA was calculated from the regression formula and mean GA. The cut-off values for GA and adjusted GA that predicted mortality risk were determined using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. RESULTS During the follow-up period (median: 36months), 15 patients died. In the Kaplan-Meier analysis, there were no significant differences in the 5-year cumulative survival rate (58.3% [GA ≥19.8%] vs. 88.6% [GA <19.8%], P=0.075). Conversely, this rate was significantly higher in patients with adjusted GA <21.2% than adjusted GA ≥21.2% (86.4 vs. 49.5%, P=0.0068). After adjustment for other confounders, adjusted GA ≥21.2% was an independent predictor for mortality (hazard ratio 3.76, 95% confidence interval 1.12-17.44, P=0.031), but GA ≥19.8% was not (hazard ratio 2.63, 95% confidence interval 0.65-17.69, P=0.19). CONCLUSIONS Adjusted GA is a better predictor of mortality than GA in diabetic patients with ESRD on hemodialysis.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Algorithms
- Biomarkers/blood
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/therapy
- Diabetic Nephropathies/blood
- Diabetic Nephropathies/mortality
- Diabetic Nephropathies/therapy
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Glycated Hemoglobin/analysis
- Glycation End Products, Advanced
- Hospitals, General
- Humans
- Japan/epidemiology
- Kidney Failure, Chronic/blood
- Kidney Failure, Chronic/complications
- Kidney Failure, Chronic/mortality
- Kidney Failure, Chronic/therapy
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mortality
- Outpatient Clinics, Hospital
- Prospective Studies
- ROC Curve
- Renal Dialysis/adverse effects
- Serum Albumin/analysis
- Serum Albumin, Human/analysis
- Survival Analysis
- Glycated Serum Albumin
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Affiliation(s)
- Takahiro Yajima
- Department of Nephrology, Matsunami General Hospital, Gifu 501-6062, Japan.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Matsunami General Hospital, Gifu 501-6062, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Matsunami General Hospital, Gifu 501-6062, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Matsunami General Hospital, Gifu 501-6062, Japan
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- Division of Medical Statistics, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Matsunami General Hospital, Gifu 501-6062, Japan
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Fukami K, Shibata R, Nakayama H, Yamada K, Okuda S, Koga M. Serum albumin-adjusted glycated albumin reflects glycemic excursion in diabetic patients with severe chronic kidney disease not treated with dialysis. J Diabetes Complications 2015; 29:913-7. [PMID: 26164356 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2015.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2015] [Revised: 06/10/2015] [Accepted: 06/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Diabetic patients with severe chronic kidney disease (CKD) not treated with dialysis falsely show low levels of HbA1c and GA due to renal anemia and proteinuria, respectively. Recently, we reported that serum albumin-adjusted GA (adjGA) accurately reflects mean plasma glucose (PG) in these patients. It is considered that GA reflects not only mean PG but also glycemic excursion; therefore, in the present study we investigated whether adjGA reflects glycemic excursion in these patients. METHODS Thirty type 2 diabetic patients with severe CKD not treated with dialysis were enrolled in the present study. PG was monitored by seven times a day, and indicators of glycemic excursion [SD, max PG, ΔPG, M value, J index, and mean amplitude of glucose excursion (MAGE)] were calculated. The correlations between HbA1c, GA or adjGA and indicators of glycemic excursion were investigated. RESULTS HbA1c showed no significant correlation with indicators of glycemic excursion. GA was significantly correlated with them except for ΔPG. adjGA was significantly and strongly associated with them except for MAGE. GA, but not adjGA, showed a significant positive correlation with serum albumin. CONCLUSION adjGA was not influenced by serum albumin and showed a significant correlation with indicators of glycemic excursion in diabetic patients with severe CKD not treated with dialysis. These results suggest that adjGA could be useful for indicating glycemic control in diabetic patients with severe CKD not treated with dialysis.
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- Kei Fukami
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka 830-0011, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Kawanishi City Hospital, Hyogo 666-0915, Japan.
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