A Scoring System for Continuous Glucose Monitor Data

TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel daily CGM Score that simplifies the analysis of continuous glucose monitor data, aiding patients and physicians in blood glucose management by providing an intuitive, comparable metric.

Contribution

It presents a new scoring system for CGM data that enables easy comparison and longitudinal analysis of glucose levels in diabetic patients.

Findings

Scores facilitate comparison of individual and group CGM data

Enables longitudinal monitoring of blood glucose trends

Supports improved diabetes management strategies

Abstract

As continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) are used increasingly by diabetic patients, new and intuitive tools are needed to help patients and their physicians use these streams of data to improve blood glucose management. In this paper, we propose a daily CGM Score which can be calculated from CGM data. The calculation involves assigning grades and scores to 80-minute periods of CGM data, and then aggregating the results. Scores for an individual patient, or among a set of patients, can then be compared and contrasted, and longitudinal studies of CGM data can also be accomplished.