{"title":"Association between temperatures and type 2 diabetes: A prospective study in UK Biobank","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111817","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111817","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>This study aims to prospectively examine the association between temperatures and the occurrence of type 2 diabetes (T2D).</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We used the CPH models to analyze 103,215 non-diabetic participants in the UK Biobank cohort who answered questions about workplace temperature, to evaluate the survival relationship, and the interaction effects of working environmental temperature and T2D-related genetic risk scores (GRS) on the occurrence of T2D. The occurrence of T2D was assessed by hospital inpatient records. The weighted T2D-related GRS were calculated.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>During 1,355,200.6 person-years follow-up, a total of 2436 participants were documented as having diagnosed T2D. After adjustment, compared to the comfortable group, the participants working in non-comfortable environmental temperature had greater risk of T2D (HR: 1.27, 95 %CI: 1.04 to 1.55, for cold; HR: 1.32, 95 %CI: 1.17 to 1.48 for hot; HR: 1.51, 95 %CI: 1.38 to 1.65 for alternate). Similarly, individuals exposed to different levels of genetic risk scores in alternating hot and cold work environments had a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>This study found working in single non-comfortable environmental temperatures was associated with greater risk of T2D occurrence, and exposure to alternating environmental temperatures had the highest risk of range and severity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11249,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes research and clinical practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141916359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"β-cell function and long-term glycemic control in patients newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes with moderate hyperglycemia after a 6-month course of basal insulin therapy","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111814","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111814","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aims</h3><p>To evaluate whether treatment with insulin is advantageous compared with oral anti-diabetic drugs (OAD) for patients newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes with moderate hyperglycemia.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Patients newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes with moderate hyperglycemia were recruited and randomized to receive insulin, metformin or sitagliptin treatment. The oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was performed before treatment and 6 months thereafter. The primary outcome was the glycohemoglobin (HbA1c) level change. For the secondary efficacy analysis, the β-cell function and insulin sensitivity were calculated from the OGTT, as was the proportion of subjects who reached the treatment target (HbA1c level < 7.0 % or < 6.5 %) at 6 months.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>We randomized 50 patients to the three groups and 32 patients who received the allocated treatment were analyzed. The change of HbA1c level in the insulin, metformin, and sitagliptin groups was − 2.06 ± 1.37 %, −0.43 ± 0.32 %, and − 1.62 ± 0.92 %, respectively. This change was smallest in the metformin group. There was no significant difference in the changes or final HbA1c levels between the insulin and sitagliptin groups. The treat-to-target (HbA1c level < 7.0 %) rates in the insulin, metformin and sitagliptin were 75 %, 50 % and 100 %, respectively. The treat-to-target rates were not significantly different among the three groups. The insulin secretion indices, including the Matsuda index and HOMA-IR, indicated that the groups did not differ after 6 months of therapy.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>A 6-month course of basal insulin therapy did not benefit patients newly diagnosed with diabetes with moderate hyperglycemia in terms of insulin sensitivity or insulin secretion.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11249,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes research and clinical practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141912214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adolescent-Preferred financial incentives to promote type 1 diabetes Self-Care: A discrete choice experiment","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111798","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111798","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aims</h3><p>This study aimed to quantify preferences for the characteristics of a financial incentives program that would motivate adolescent engagement in type 1 diabetes (T1D) self-care.</p></div><div><h3>Method</h3><p>We performed a discrete choice experiment with 12–18 year-olds with T1D from two pediatric hospital endocrinology clinics (n = 317). We identified key attributes of incentives: (1) monthly value of the reward, (2) payment structure, and (3) difficulty of incentivized behaviors. In twelve choice questions, adolescents chose the incentive option from a pair of profiles that was more likely to motivate them to increase adherence to recommended self-care. Options presented were tailored to adolescents’ T1D technology use and perceived difficulty of completing each behavior. We analyzed data using a conditional logit model.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The value of the reward accounted for 60.8% of preferences. Adolescents were willing to accept lower value rewards when incentive payments used positive vs. negative reinforcement (−$10.88 (95% CI: −$12.60, −9.24)) and preferred higher incentives for performing hard vs. easier behaviors (+$14.92 (95% CI: +$12.66, +$17.28)).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Stated preferences can inform intervention design. Future research will evaluate the external validity of the discrete choice experiment-informed intervention design by assessing adolescent health and behavioral outcomes in a randomized controlled trial.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11249,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes research and clinical practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141888762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"First year national Swedish paediatric Hba1c data are at the level of several intervention studies: Results from a Swedish nationwide diabetes register study","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111807","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111807","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aims/hypothesis</h3><p>To study the progression of HbA1c after diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents during 2010–2019 with emphasis on HbA1c nadir 3–6 months after onset.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>Partial funding was secured for this study. The Swedish paediatric diabetes quality register SWEDIABKIDS has >95 % coverage of type 1 diabetes up to 18 years. A mixed model for repeated measurements was used to estimate differences in HbA1c between onset year periods.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>We followed 6,891 patients over two years from onset (48,292 HbA1c values). We found a gradual decrease in mean HbA1c 24 months after onset from 56.0 mmol/mol (7.28 %) in 2010/11 to 50.5 mmol/mol (6.77 %) in 2018/19, which is at the level of several recent intervention studies. The initial drop in HbA1c from onset until 3 and 6 months has become more pronounced in recent years. There was a significant positive correlation between HbA1c at 3 and 6 months with 12, 18 and 24 months. Percentage of severe hypoglycaemic coma was higher (5.1 % vs 3.4 %; p = 0.023) in 2010/2011 than 2018/2019, but the absolute risk of ketoacidosis was essentially unchanged, (1.5 % to 0.8 %, p = 0.110)</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions/interpretation</h3><p>There was a continuous decrease in HbA1c over the study period 2010–2019, which coincides in time with an increased use of diabetes technology and lowering the HbA1c target to 48 mmol/mol (6.5 %). The decrease in 2-year HbA1c was preceded by a lower HbA1c nadir, which may set the trajectories for coming HbA1c and be a modifiable factor for a long-term improvement in metabolic control.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11249,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes research and clinical practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168822724007174/pdfft?md5=f8754368f8487717a15ea26bbd6c7ec9&pid=1-s2.0-S0168822724007174-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141906206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The incidence of acute pancreatitis with GLP-1 receptor agonist therapy in individuals with a known history of pancreatitis","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111806","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111806","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) have been reported to increase the risk of acute pancreatitis (AP). This real-world study did not observe a higher frequency of AP with GLP-1RA exposure in adults with T2D and a prior history of AP regardless of etiology.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11249,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes research and clinical practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168822724007162/pdfft?md5=27059595f804694c0871717e8b9e6d74&pid=1-s2.0-S0168822724007162-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141901270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Patients with type 2 diabetes who achieve reduced postprandial glucose levels during insulin intensive therapy may have a better recovery of β-cell function","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111805","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111805","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><p>To explore parameters that may determine the improvement in C-peptide levels in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) receiving continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) therapy.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>The trial included a lead-in period for collecting baseline parameters and correcting hyperglycemia, a 4-day CGM period, and a 2–3 weeks treatment period. After screening, patients were hospitalized and randomized to the metformin add-on NovoRapid group or the Prandilin group. Once the glycemic target was reached, all patients underwent a 4-day CGM, with treatments maintained for 2–3 weeks. OGTTs were performed at baseline and endpoint. The primary endpoint was identifying factors contributing to better β-cell function recovery after CSII therapy.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>A total of 99 recruited patients were admitted as inpatients and achieved glycemic control within 3.8 ± 1.1 days. Of these, 83 (84 %) patients showed improvement in C-peptide levels, while 16 (16 %) did not show any change in C-peptide levels at the endpoint. Pearson analysis showed a negative correlation between the incremental AUC of glucose concentration (from 0700 to 1000) and the increase in incremental AUC of C-peptide levels (r = −0.199, P < 0.05).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Drug-naïve T2D patients with lower postprandial glucose concentration during CSII therapy exhibit better β-cell function recovery.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11249,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes research and clinical practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141893118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Non-exercise estimated cardiorespiratory fitness and incident type 2 diabetes in adults","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111791","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111791","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aim(s)</h3><p>To examine the association between non-exercise estimated cardiorespiratory fitness (eCRF) and incident type 2 diabetes.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>In a sample of 13,616 men and women without diabetes at baseline, incident type 2 diabetes were determined as fasting plasma glucose level ≥ 7 mmol/l (126 mg/dL), self-report, or insulin usage at follow-up. eCRF was calculated in metabolic equivalents (METs) at baseline using sex-specific algorithms, including physical activity, smoking status, age, body mass index, waist circumference, and resting heart rate. Cox regression models were performed, and hazard ratios (HRs), 95 % confidence intervals (CIs), and p values were reported.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Each 1-MET unit increase in eCRF was associated with an 11 % lower risk of incident type 2 diabetes (p < 0.0001). Men in the upper and middle eCRF tertiles were at 46 % (95 % CI, 0.42–0.68) and 29 % (95 % CI, 0.57–0.88) lower risk of incident type 2 diabetes compared to the lower eCRF tertile (p < 0.0001). For women, there were no significant findings between eCRF tertiles and incident type 2 diabetes (p ≥ 0.11 for all).</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Higher eCRF was associated with a lower incidence of type 2 diabetes in men. Further research needs to examine the association between eCRF and type 2 diabetes in women.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11249,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes research and clinical practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141765716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disability and Quality of Life Measures in older frail and prefrail people with type 2 diabetes. The MIDFRAIL-Study","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111797","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111797","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aim</h3><p>To explore the individual response to a multimodal intervention on quality of life (QOL) and disability.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>843 (77.83 years, 50.65 % men) prefrail and frail individuals ≥ 70 years with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Participants were randomized to the usual care group (UCG) or the multicomponent intervention (IG). Intervention consisted in 16-week progressive resistance training program, 7 educational sessions and the achievement of HbA1c (7–8 %, 53–64 mmol/mol)) and BP (<150 mmHg) targets. QOL (EuroQol EQ-5D-5L), basic (Barthel Index, BI) and instrumental (Lawton and Brody Index) activities of daily living (ADL) were assessed. Multivariate binomial and multinomial logistic regression models were used to explore the effect of the IG, and adherence on the outcomes studied.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The IG was associated with a significant higher probability of improvement in the QOL [OR(95 %CI): 1.75 (1.20, 2.54), p-value 0.004] and a lower probability of deterioration in QoL [0.61 (0.87, 0.54), 0.006] and Barthel Index [0.59 (0.37, 0.93), 0.023]. A high adherence (≥93 %) was needed to achieve benefits in the QOL while > 84.38 % was needed for achieving the benefits in Barthel Index.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>IG has proven to be effective in increasing QOL and avoiding the worsening of QOL and basic ADL.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11249,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes research and clinical practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168822724007071/pdfft?md5=57fc50cddbedea78aab4432dc0a20988&pid=1-s2.0-S0168822724007071-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141792199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hepatic insulin resistance affects the efficacy of metformin in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: A Sub-Analysis of the MARCH trial","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111788","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111788","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Aim</h3><p>Our study aimed to analyze how hepatic insulin resistance (IR) influences the efficacy of 48 weeks of metformin treatment in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We chose 291 participants who were allocated to a 48-week metformin treatment in the “Metformin and Acarbose in Chinese as initial Hypoglycemic treatment” (MARCH) trial and calculated their hepatic insulin resistance indexes (HIRI). We equally grouped the subjects into tertiles: low, medium, and high HIRI groups based on baseline HIRI; Low, medium, and high ΔHIRI groups based on the decreasing extent of HIRI after a 48-week metformin treatment.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Multiple linear regression showed that baseline HIRI was positively associated with the rising degree of Matsuda index and the falling range of fasting blood glucose, fasting insulin, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), and HIRI. Furthermore, baseline fasting insulin, homeostatic model assessment of β cell function (HOMA-β), HOMA-IR, and HIRI were positively associated with the decreasing extent of HIRI, while baseline Matsuda index had a negative association with the falling extent of HIRI.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Patients with higher levels of hepatic IR obtained better curative effects from metformin in terms of glycemic control, insulin saving, insulin sensitivity enhancement, and IR improvement. Higher fasting blood glucose, fasting insulin, HOMA-β, IR, and lower Matsuda index were indicators of better hepatic IR improvement.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11249,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes research and clinical practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141733752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determining the 1-hour post-load glucose which identifies diabetes in Africans: Insight from the Africans in America study","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111792","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.diabres.2024.111792","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Diagnosing diabetes by shortening the OGTT to 1-h and substituting 1-h post-load glucose (PG) ≥ 209 mg/dL for 2-h PG≥200 mg/dL has been proposed. One-hour PG≥209 mg/dL is from a <em>meta</em>-analysis without any African-descent populations. Our data suggest 1-h PG≥183 mg/dL maybe more optimal for Africans. As with waist circumference guidelines, population-specific thresholds may be appropriate.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11249,"journal":{"name":"Diabetes research and clinical practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141787489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}