Effect of flash glucose monitoring in adults with type 1 diabetes: a nationwide, longitudinal observational study of 14,372 flash users compared with 7691 glucose sensor naive controls.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/hypothesis

The aim of this work was to evaluate changes in glycaemic control (HbA_1c) and rates of severe hypoglycaemia over a 2 year period after initiation of flash glucose monitoring (FM) in type 1 diabetes.

Methods

Using data from the Swedish National Diabetes Registry, 14,372 adults with type 1 diabetes with a new registration of FM during 2016-2017 and with continued FM for two consecutive years thereafter, and 7691 control individuals using conventional self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) during the same observation period, were included in a cohort study. Propensity sores and inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) were used to balance FM users with SMBG users. Changes in HbA_1c and events of severe hypoglycaemia were compared.<

SUBMITTER: Nathanson D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8187189 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature