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How to Interpret Your Dexcom Clarity Data
Interpreting Dexcom Clarity data to manage your diabetes
Dexcom Clarity is an important part of Dexcom Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) Systems,* providing a holistic view of your diabetes management by highlighting glucose trends and statistics in easy-to-read reports. It can help you identify glucose patterns and, with your healthcare professional (HCP), find ways to improve treatment decisions.†
Real-time CGM data vs Dexcom Clarity
Dexcom rtCGM Systems send real-time glucose readings to your receiver or compatible smartphone‡ so you can check your levels with a quick glance. Being able to see how your glucose reacts to food, activity, and medication helps you make good in-the-moment diabetes management decisions to stay in target range.
With Dexcom Clarity, you can take a deeper dive into your historical CGM data and review detailed reports about your glucose trends.* Having a high-level view of your glucose patterns gives you and your HCP more information to work with when deciding how to adjust your habits and treatment plan. Your Dexcom CGM System sends data to Dexcom Clarity, which you can share with your HCP so they can access it from their office.†
How Dexcom Clarity can help you manage your glucose levels
Dexcom Clarity data reporting can help simplify how you manage diabetes by providing quick access to a variety of reports that can help you better assess and understand your health insights. Read on to learn how those reports can help you improve your glucose management.
Callout: People who used Dexcom Clarity web-based reports and all autogenerated notifications|| spent 8.4% more time in range (3.9-10.0 mmol/L) as compared to non-users.1
View your glucose metrics over time
Your glucose numbers can show how well you’re managing your diabetes. With Dexcom Clarity, you can look back and see what made your numbers go up or down. This is useful to understanding what may be working for you and what might need to change.
A. Average glucose is the average of all of your CGM readings from the selected date range. Knowing your average glucose number gives you a good place to start when trying to get your numbers into target range.
B. Standard deviation (SD) reflects how much your CGM glucose readings rise and fall around the average glucose, also known as glycaemic variability.
C. Glucose Management Indicator (GMI) approximates the laboratory HbA1C level expected based on your average glucose measured using CGM values derived from at least 12 days of CGM data.2
D. Time in range (TIR) is the percentage of time spent with glucose levels within a target range. This is typically recommended as a reading of 3.9–10.0 mmol/L.3
It’s important to work with your doctor or diabetes specialist to determine your personal high and low levels for your glucose target range, and what your percentage goal should be.
Understand your glucose patterns and set goals
Dexcom Clarity enables you to set time in range (TIR) goals, view glucose statistics and get weekly notifications|| to track your progress. With its compare feature, you can evaluate your glucose improvement over time and identify problem areas, such as Time Aove Range (TAR), Ttime Below Range (TBR) and wide glycaemic variability. Based on this information, you and your HCP can evaluate if your diabetes management solutions are working.
The Patterns report shows your patterns of highs and lows at a glance, giving context to the frequency, duration, and intensity of hypo- and hyperglycaemia patterns. This helps you make more informed decisions to improve your diabetes management. Consult with your HCP on what targets work best for your diabetes management.
Use CGM data to make management decisions
While using Dexcom CGM apps, you are automatically and continuously sending your glucose data to your Dexcom Clarity account. With the Dexcom Clarity app, you can share CGM data with your doctor or clinic, enabling them to see your detailed reports and insights.†
Sharing your CGM data supports more informed conversations during your office visits. Together, you and your doctor can identify patterns, discuss possible causes and make decisions on how to adjust treatment, medications, diet, and activities if needed.
Dexcom Clarity and the mylife App from Ypsomed
If you’re using an insulin pump, you can further leverage the power of Dexcom Clarity by using it with the mylife App from Ypsomed.
The mylife App shares Dexcom G6 and Dexcom Clarity data to assist people living with diabetes and their HCPs review, analyse, and evaluate CGM data in relation to insulin therapy. Every five minutes, the Dexcom G6 sensor sends current glucose values to the mylife App, where the current glucose reading and trend graph will be displayed. This enables users of Dexcom CGM and the mylife YpsoPump insulin pump to have all therapy-relevant data in the mylife App on their smartphone‡.
Harness the power of your CGM data! Log in to Dexcom Clarity on either your smart device‡ or desktop and start using trend reports to make better diabetes management decisions.
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* An internet connection is required to send data to Dexcom Clarity.
† Patient must first sync their Dexcom CGM data with the Dexcom Clarity app and consent to share their data with their healthcare provider.
‡ Compatible smart device sold separately. For a list of compatible devices, visit dexcom.com/compatibility.
|| Notifications and emails are only available for users who opt in and use the Dexcom CGM app.
1 Akturk HK, et al. Real-World Evidence and Glycemic Improvement Using Dexcom G6 Features. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2021;23(S1):S21-S26.
2 Bergenstal et al. Glucose Management Indicator (GMI): A New Term for Estimating A1C From Continuous Glucose Monitoring. Diabetes Care. 2018;41(11):2275-2280
3 Battelino T, et al. Clinical Targets for Continuous Glucose Monitoring Data Interpretation: Recommendations From the International Consensus on Time in Range. Diabetes Care. 2019;42(8):1593-1603.
* An internet connection is required to send data to Dexcom Clarity.
† Patient must first sync their Dexcom CGM data with the Dexcom Clarity app and consent to share their data with their healthcare provider.
‡ Compatible smart device sold separately. For a list of compatible devices, visit dexcom.com/compatibility.
|| Notifications and emails are only available for users who opt in and use the Dexcom CGM app.
1 Akturk HK, et al. Real-World Evidence and Glycemic Improvement Using Dexcom G6 Features. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2021;23(S1):S21-S26.
2 Bergenstal et al. Glucose Management Indicator (GMI): A New Term for Estimating A1C From Continuous Glucose Monitoring. Diabetes Care. 2018;41(11):2275-2280
3 Battelino T, et al. Clinical Targets for Continuous Glucose Monitoring Data Interpretation: Recommendations From the International Consensus on Time in Range. Diabetes Care. 2019;42(8):1593-1603.
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