PMID- 35022087 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220119 IS - 1758-5996 (Print) IS - 1758-5996 (Electronic) IS - 1758-5996 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 1 DP - 2022 Jan 12 TI - Long-term glycemic variability and risk of stroke in patients with diabetes: a meta-analysis. PG - 6 LID - 10.1186/s13098-021-00770-0 [doi] LID - 6 AB - OBJECTIVES: Long-term glycemic variability has been related to increased risk of vascular complication in patients with diabetes. However, the association between parameters of long-term glycemic variability and risk of stroke remains not fully determined. We performed a meta-analysis to systematically evaluate the above association. METHODS: Medline, Embase, and Web of Science databases were searched for longitudinal follow-up studies comparing the incidence of stroke in diabetic patients with higher or lower long-term glycemic variability. A random-effect model incorporating the potential heterogeneity among the included studies were used to pool the results. RESULTS: Seven follow-up studies with 725,784 diabetic patients were included, and 98% of them were with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The mean follow-up duration was 7.7 years. Pooled results showed that compared to those with lowest category of glycemic variability, diabetic patients with the highest patients had significantly increased risk of stroke, as evidenced by glycemic variability analyzed by fasting plasma glucose coefficient of variation (FPG-CV: risk ratio [RR] = 1.24, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.11 to 1.39, P < 0.001; I(2) = 53%), standard deviation of FPG (FPG-SD: RR = 1.16, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.31, P = 0.02; I(2) = 74%), HbA1c coefficient of variation (HbA1c-CV: RR = 1.88, 95% CI 1.61 to 2.19 P < 0.001; I(2) = 0%), and standard deviation of HbA1c (HbA1c-SD: RR = 1.73, 95% CI 1.49 to 2.00, P < 0.001; I(2) = 0%). CONCLUSIONS: Long-term glycemic variability is associated with higher risk of stroke in T2DM patients. CI - (c) 2022. The Author(s). FAU - Ren, Xiaoli AU - Ren X AD - Neurology Department, Tianjin First Central Hospital, 24 Fukang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300192, China. FAU - Wang, Zhiyun AU - Wang Z AD - Neurology Department, Tianjin First Central Hospital, 24 Fukang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300192, China. zhiyun_wang856@21cn.com. FAU - Guo, Congfang AU - Guo C AD - Health Management Center, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220112 PL - England TA - Diabetol Metab Syndr JT - Diabetology & metabolic syndrome JID - 101488958 PMC - PMC8756678 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Glucose coefficient of variation OT - Glycemic variability OT - HbA1c coefficient of variation OT - Meta-analysis OT - Stroke COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2022/01/14 06:00 MHDA- 2022/01/14 06:01 PMCR- 2022/01/12 CRDT- 2022/01/13 05:42 PHST- 2021/08/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/12/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/01/13 05:42 [entrez] PHST- 2022/01/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/01/14 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/12 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s13098-021-00770-0 [pii] AID - 770 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s13098-021-00770-0 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Diabetol Metab Syndr. 2022 Jan 12;14(1):6. doi: 10.1186/s13098-021-00770-0.