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Interventions uncommon for prediabetes in primary care
A U.S. retrospective study found that while 63.4% of prediabetes patients had repeated glycemic testing over one year of follow-up, 10.4% had a primary care visit with a coded diagnosis of prediabetes, 1.0% were referred for nutrition services, and 5.4% were prescribed metformin.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/11/2.htm
11 Mar 2022
Recent articles address federal diabetes programs, type 1 diabetes care
The National Clinical Care Commission made 39 recommendations for improving federal diabetes programs, and the latest In the Clinic article offered advice on diagnosing and treating type 1 diabetes.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/11/6.htm
11 Mar 2022
Obesity increasing in type 1 diabetes, associated with higher risk for chronic kidney disease
Obesity in type 1 diabetes rose from 2004 to 2018, and patients with type 1 had a higher adjusted prevalence of low estimated glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria than those with type 2, an analysis of one health system found.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/11/3.htm
11 Feb 2022
High-sensitivity C-reactive protein level predicted mortality risk in recent-onset type 2 diabetes
While high-sensitivity C-reactive protein was a good predictor of mortality, C-peptide levels were more closely associated with cardiovascular events, and having high levels of both was associated with increased risk of either outcome, a prospective study in Denmark found.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/14/1.htm
14 Apr 2023
Nearly one-third of patients were nonadherent to newly prescribed SGLT-2 inhibitors, GLP-1 receptor agonists
Factors associated with not filling a new prescription for a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor or a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist included older age, Black race, male sex, certain comorbid conditions, and having a primary care clinician prescribe the drug, a study found.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/02/11/2.htm
11 Feb 2022
Severe insulin-resistant diabetes associated with better metabolic surgery outcomes
Patients with severe insulin-resistant diabetes had better outcomes after metabolic surgery than those with mild obesity-related diabetes or severe insulin-deficient diabetes, both in terms of type 2 diabetes remission and renal function, with no additional surgical risk.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/03/11/3.htm
11 Mar 2022
Diabetes incidence projected to increase among youth in U.S.
A modeling study using data from 2002-2017 found that incidence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes could increase in those under age 20 years by up to 65% and 673%, respectively, over the next three decades, although confidence intervals were wide.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2023/01/13/1.htm
13 Jan 2023
Choice of SGLT-2 inhibitors, GLP-1 receptor agonists should be based on individual risk
A meta-analysis comparing sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists found differing effects, including that the SGLT-2 inhibitors affected heart failure outcomes while GLP-1 receptor agonists reduced stroke risk.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2021/02/12/3.htm
12 Feb 2021
Recent KDIGO guideline focused on patients with diabetes and kidney disease
A new summary of the guideline from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) highlights important points for clinicians, including recommendations about prescribing of diabetes medications.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2020/11/13/7.htm
13 Nov 2020
Metformin use during pregnancy not associated with adverse outcomes in children
A industry-conducted cohort study in Finland found that childhood obesity, hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, diabetes, and challenges in motor-social development did not appear to be associated with in utero exposure to metformin or metformin and insulin versus insulin alone.
https://diabetes.acponline.org/archives/2022/01/14/3.htm
14 Jan 2022