PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bramlage, Peter
AU  - Bluhmki, Tobias
AU  - Fleischmann, Holger
AU  - Kaltheuner, Matthias
AU  - Beyersmann, Jan
AU  - Holl, Reinhard W
AU  - Danne, Thomas
TI  - Determinants of weight change in patients on basal insulin treatment: an analysis of the DIVE registry
AID  - 10.1136/bmjdrc-2016-000301
DP  - 2017 Jan 01
TA  - BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
PG  - e000301
VI  - 5
IP  - 1
4099  - http://drc.bmj.com/content/5/1/e000301.short
4100  - http://drc.bmj.com/content/5/1/e000301.full
SO  - BMJ Open Diab Res Care2017 Jan 01; 5
AB  - Objective We aimed to describe patterns of weight change in insulin-naive patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) starting basal insulin (BI) treatment.Research design and methods Diabetes Versorgungs-Evaluation (DIVE) is an observational, multicenter, prospective registry in patients with T2DM. Patients were divided into those initiating BI therapy for the first time (with optional oral antidiabetic drugs (OADs)) and those initiating OADs only (OADo).Results 521 patients were included in the analysis, 113 in the BI arm and 408 in the OADo arm. Relative to baseline, the BI group gained an average of 0.98±7.1 kg at 1 year, compared with a loss of 1.52±11.8 kg in the OADo group (p<0.001). This difference remained statistically significant when expressed as a proportional change from baseline (+0.014±0.08 vs −0.015±0.12, respectively (p<0.001)). Baseline weight (regression coefficient (RC) 0.89; 95% CI 0.81 to 0.97; p<0.001) and diabetes duration (RC 2.52; 95% CI 0.53 to 4.52; p=0.01) were the only factors identified as significant predictors of weight gain between baseline and 1 year follow-up in BI patients.Conclusions Though BI therapy leads to modest weight gain over the subsequent year, this may be limited by BI initiation at an early stage of the disease. As such, delaying the start of insulin therapy based on fears of weight gain appears counter-productive, and should be reconsidered.