Research Article

Association of Body Fat Percentage with Time in Range Generated by Continuous Glucose Monitoring during Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes

Table 2

Characteristics of patients according to the TIR tertiles.

VariablesTIR tertiles
T1 (≤43.75%) ()T2 (43.76-57.29%) ()T3 (≥57.30%) () value

Age (years)0.428
Male (, %)18 (62.1%)20 (69.0%)16 (59.3%)0.737
Diabetes duration (months)96.0 (4.0-126.0)48.0 (1.0-138.0)72.0 (4.0-180.0)0.702
Insulin dosage (IU/kg/d)0.006
SBP (mmHg)0.578
DBP (mmHg)0.453
BMI (kg/m2)0.949
Waist circumference (cm)0.493
Hip circumference (cm)0.591
Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR)0.237
TC (mmol/L)5.1 (4.4-6.2)5.0 (4.3-5.9)4.6 (3.8-5.6)0.058
TG (mmol/L)2.1 (1.3-3.4)2.1 (1.3-3.8)1.2 (0.8-2.0)0.008
HDL-C (mmol/L)0.374
LDL-C (mmol/L)0.386
HbA1c (%)0.080
Fasting C-peptide (ng/mL)1.9 (1.2-3.0)1.4 (0.9-2.2)1.5 (1.1-3.1)0.495
Postprandial C-peptide (ng/mL)2.8 (2.2-4.9)2.7 (1.6-5.0)3.5 (1.9-4.7)0.994
TIR (%)<0.001
72 h MBG (mmol/L)<0.001
SDBG (mmol/L)3.8 (3.2-4.8)3.5 (3.1-4.0)2.7 (2.5-3.4)<0.001
CV (%)0.014
MAGE (mmol/L)0.178
MODD (mmol/L)3.5 (2.7-4.1)3.5 (2.4-4.6)3.0 (1.9-3.4)0.017
Muscle quantity (kg)0.772
Body fat quantity (kg)0.498
Body fat percentage0.149
Visceral fat area (cm2)0.180
Hypertension (, %)15 (51.7%)12 (41.4%)11 (40.7%)0.644
Fatty liver (, %)20 (74.1%)18 (66.7%)17 (65.4%)0.760
Current smoker (, %)7 (25.0%)7 (24.1%)8 (29.6%)0.883

Data are represented as , median [25th to 75th percentile range], or number (%). DBP: diastolic blood pressure; SBP: systolic blood pressure; BMI: body mass index; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low density lipoprotein cholesterol; 72 h MBG: 72 h mean blood glucose concentration; SDBG: standard deviation of blood glucose; CV: coefficient of variation; MAGE: mean amplitude of glycemic excursions; MODD: mean of daily differences; TIR: time in range.