Proof-of-concept Application of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Data Analytics to Identify Diabetes Glucotypes

Abstract

Background In this proof-of-concept study we evaluated if monogenic diabetes due to mutations of the HNF-1α gene (HNF1A-MODY) has a distinctive continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) glucotype, in comparison to type 1 diabetes (T1D). Methods Using CGM data from 5 HNF1A-MODY and 115 T1D subjects we calculated multiple glucose metrics, including measures of within- and between-day variability (such as coefficient variation for each hour (CV_{b_1h}). Results The MODY and T1D cohorts had minimum CV_{b_1h} of 11.3 ± 4.4 and 18.0 ± 4.9, respectively (p = 0.02), and maximum CV_{b_1h} of 33.9 ± 5.0 and 50.3 ± 10, respectively (p < 0.001). All HNF1A-MODY subjects had minimum %CV_{b_1h} ≤ 17.3% and maximum %CV_{b_1h} ≤ 37.1%. In contrast, only 12 of 115 T1D subjects had both a minimum and maximum %CV_{b_1h} below these thresholds (p < 0.001). Conclusion HNF1A- MODY is characterized by a low-hourly between-day glucose variability. CGM-derived glucose metrics may have potential applicability for screening for atypical diabetes phenotypes in the T1D population.