Day-to-day fasting self-monitored blood glucose variability is associated with risk of hypoglycaemia in insulin-treated patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes: A post hoc analysis of the SWITCH Trials.
J Hans DeVriesTimothy S BaileyAnuj BhargavaGregg GeretyJanusz GumprechtSimon R HellerWendy LaneCarol H WyshamBernard ZinmanBritta A BakElise Hachmann-NielsenAthena Philis-TsimikasPublished in: Diabetes, obesity & metabolism (2018)
Higher day-to-day fasting SMBG variability is associated with an increased risk of overall symptomatic, nocturnal symptomatic and severe hypoglycaemia. Degludec has significantly lower day-to-day fasting SMBG variability vs glargine U100.