Ten Year Patterns of Change in HbA1C and Risk of Dementia in a Diverse Cohort of Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Rachel A. Whitmer, Chris Moran, Brianna Costales, Ai‐Lin Tsai, Mary E Lacy, Andrew Karter, Paola Gilsanz · 2025
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Rachel Whitmer and co-authors examine a 2025 study of blood sugar control over ten years and later dementia risk. All of the adults had type 2 diabetes and lived in Northern California. Their records held repeated measures of a long-term sugar mark. The team sorted more than thirty thousand people into five paths. Some kept low levels for a decade, while others stayed high or rose and fell.
People whose levels stayed in the middle range and peaked at some point had higher dementia risk later. Those with levels that stayed very high had the highest risk of all. People who held levels close to the target range had no extra risk. The pattern held for men and women and across ethnic groups. The work shows that a single sugar test misses the story that a long record can tell.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Rachel A. Whitmer, Chris Moran, Brianna Costales, Ai‐Lin Tsai, Mary E Lacy, Andrew Karter, Paola Gilsanz |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |