Title:The Personalized Approach for Detecting Prediabetes and Diabetes
Volume: 12
Issue: 1
Author(s): Rachel Dankner and Jesse Roth
Affiliation:
Keywords:
High risk, profile, type-2 diabetes, lifestyle, hyperinsulinemia, fasting glucose, trajectories, metabolic syndrome.
Abstract: A personalized approach for prediabetes and diabetes detection is presented, with its rationale
and implications. Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) detection is particularly suitable to a personalized approach
since the essence of its diagnosis is the identification of individuals who are at most risk of developing
complications of the disease and who may benefit from intervention. Thresholds of glucose
parameters for T2DM diagnosis have decreased over the years, as levels considered normal have been found to confer
risks of complications. A continuum of glucose parameters, rather than universal thresholds, seems to better reflect the
risks of diabetes and its complications. Individual trajectories of progression to diabetes suggest the possibility of establishing
personalized profiles based on serial measurements. Demographic, clinical, genetic, and environmental factors
need also be considered. Different diagnostic criteria are found to identify different phenotypes of T2DM. A personalized
approach is needed to apply the accumulating knowledge to the recognition of individual risk for diabetes complications
and effective interventions.
