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A Glycemia Risk Index (GRI) of Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia for Continuous Glucose Monitoring Validated by Clinician Ratings

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Klonoff, David C., Wang, Jing, Rodbard, David, Kohn, Michael A., Li, Chengdong, Liepmann, Dorian, Kerr, David, Ahn, David +86 more·2023·Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

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Background: A composite metric for the quality of glycemia from continuous glucose monitor (CGM) tracings could be useful for assisting with basic clinical interpretation of CGM data. Methods: We assembled a data set of 14-day CGM tracings from 225 insulin-treated adults with diabetes. Using a balanced incomplete block design, 330 clinicians who were highly experienced with CGM analysis and interpretation ranked the CGM tracings from best to worst quality of glycemia. We used principal component analysis and multiple regressions to develop a model to predict the clinician ranking based on seven standard metrics in an Ambulatory Glucose Profile: very low–glucose and low-glucose hypoglycemia; very high–glucose and high-glucose hyperglycemia; time in range; mean glucose; and coefficient of variation. Results: The analysis showed that clinician rankings depend on two components, one related to hypoglycemia that gives more weight to very low-glucose than to low-glucose and the other related to hyperglycemia that likewise gives greater weight to very high-glucose than to high-glucose. These two components should be calculated and displayed separately, but they can also be combined into a single Glycemia Risk Index (GRI) that corresponds closely to the clinician rankings of the overall quality of glycemia (r = 0.95). The GRI can be displayed graphically on a GRI Grid with the hypoglycemia component on the horizontal axis and the hyperglycemia component on the vertical axis. Diagonal lines divide the graph into five zones (quintiles) corresponding to the best (0th to 20th percentile) to worst (81st to 100th percentile) overall quality of glycemia. The GRI Grid enables users to track sequential changes within an individual over time and compare groups of individuals. Conclusion: The GRI is a single-number summary of the quality of glycemia. Its hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia components provide actionable scores and a graphical display (the GRI Grid) that can be used by clinicians and researchers to determine the glycemic effects of prescribed and investigational treatments.

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Klonoff, D. C., Wang, J., Rodbard, D., Kohn, M. A., Li, C., Liepmann, D., Kerr, D., Ahn, D., Peters, A. L., Umpierrez, G. E., Seley, J. J., Xu, N. Y., Nguyen, K. T., Simonson, G., Agus, M. S. D., Al-Sofiani, M. E., Armaiz-Pena, G., Bailey, T. S., Basu, A., Battelino, T., Bekele, S. Y., Benhamou, P.-Y., Bequette, B. W., Blevins, T., Breton, M. D., Castle, J. R., Chase, J. G., Chen, K. Y., Choudhary, P., Clements, M. A., Close, K. L., Cook, C. B., Danne, T., Doyle, F. J., Drincic, A., Dungan, K. M., Edelman, S. V., Ejskjaer, N., Espinoza, J. C., Fleming, G. A., Forlenza, G. P., Freckmann, G., Galindo, R. J., Gomez, A. M., Gutow, H. A., Heinemann, L., Hirsch, I. B., Hoang, T. D., Hovorka, R., Jendle, J. H., Ji, L., Joshi, S. R., Joubert, M., Koliwad, S. K., Lal, R. A., Lansang, M. C., Lee, W.-A. (., Leelarathna, L., Leiter, L. A., Lind, M., Litchman, M. L., Mader, J. K., Mahoney, K. M., Mankovsky, B., Masharani, U., Mathioudakis, N. N., Mayorov, A., Messler, J., Miller, J. D., Mohan, V., Nichols, J. H., Nørgaard, K., O’Neal, D. N., Pasquel, F. J., Philis-Tsimikas, A., Pieber, T., Phillip, M., Polonsky, W. H., Pop-Busui, R., Rayman, G., Rhee, E.-J., Russell, S. J., Shah, V. N., Sherr, J. L., Sode, K., Spanakis, E. K., Wake, D. J., Waki, K., Wallia, A., Weinberg, M. E., Wolpert, H., Wright, E. E., Zilbermint, M., & Kovatchev, B.
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  • San Mateo Medical Center (US)
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Corresponding author
Klonoff, David C.
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology
Published
2022-03-29
Volume
17
Issue
5
Pages
1226-1242
ISSN
1932-2968 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4221045506
Cited by
295
References
30
Citations by year
2026: 58 · 2025: 81 · 2024: 90 · 2023: 50 · 2022: 14
FWCI
43.55
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology (publishedVersion)
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  • Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
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Funders
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (I01 CX001825)
  • Amgen
  • Eli Lilly and Company
  • Pfizer
  • AstraZeneca
  • Sanofi
  • Insulet Corporation
  • MannKind Corporation
  • Dexcom
  • Horizon Therapeutics
  • Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
  • Novo Nordisk
  • Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF17SA0031404-1)
  • Servier
  • Roche Diabetes Care
  • National Institutes of Health (UL1TR000130, 5r01dk051562-23, DK098722, NIH P30 DK098722, UL1TR001855, UL1TR001863)
  • U.S. Food and Drug Administration (P50FD006425)
  • University of California, San Francisco
  • Abbott Diabetes Care
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R01-DK-051562, P30DK098722, K23DK123384, P30DK020572, P30DK111024, P30DK045735, P30DK111022)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Education
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Treatment and Management
Keywords
glycemia risk index, continuous glucose monitoring, hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, time in range, ambulatory glucose profile, clinician ratings, insulin-treated diabetes
MeSH terms
Adult, Blood Glucose, Glucose, Humans, Hyperglycemia, Hypoglycemia, Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring

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