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Gut Microbiome Shifts May Reveal Type 2 Diabetes Risk Earlier
Key Takeaways
- Research presented at the annual EASD meeting in Milan (Sept. 28–Oct. 2) links gut microbiome composition to early type 2 diabetes risk.
- An analysis of data from hundreds of thousands of people identified hundreds of microbial changes detectable before any shift in blood glucose measures.
- Current T2D and prediabetes screening uses HbA1c, fasting plasma glucose and oral glucose tolerance tests, which do not flag people with normal blood sugar who are still at risk.
- Risk today is otherwise estimated from age, sex, BMI and family history.
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DT Editorial Team··via medicalxpress.com