Insulin Requirements According to Sex and Weight in a Population of 9036 Adult Persons With Type 1 Diabetes Using Closed-Loop Insulin Delivery

The prediction of the individual insulin needs may facilitate the initiation of insulin therapy. Our aim was to explore the relationships between body weight, sex, and daily amounts of insulin delivered by a hybrid closed-loop system.

We performed a retrospective data collection of all consenting adult patients with type 1 diabetes who were equipped in Europe with the Diabeloop Generation 1 (DBLG1) hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery device between March 1, 2021 and February 28, 2023.

A total of 9036 users (59% females, age 45.6 ± 14.3 years) were included, reaching a mean follow-up of 320 ± 143 days, an overall 2 887 188 days of data. We observed a mean insulin-weight ratio of 0.617 ± 0.207 U/kg (0.665 ± 0.217 for males and 0.584 ± 0.193 for females, P < .001). Exploratory analysis of a subset of 4066 patients reaching >70% Time in Range (70-180 mg/dL) showed a mean insulin-weight ratio of 0.55 ± 0.17 U/kg (P < .001) (0.59 ± 0.18 for the 1438 males and 0.53 ± 0.16 for the 2628 females).

This large real-world analysis provides a quantitative estimation of the daily insulin requirements in adult patients with type 1 diabetes and shows significant differences between sex. These findings have relevant implications in the practical management of insulin therapy.