Digital biomarkers for insulin resistance screening in daily life
Jovanova, M.; Bruegger, V.; Svirhrova, R.; Fuchs, M.; Jin, Q.; Wortmann, F.; Mitter, M.; Bechny, M.
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One in four adults has insulin resistance (IR), a modifiable driver of type-2 diabetes that can precede diagnosis by a decade. However, IR assessment remains clinic- and laboratory-based, limiting repeated population screening. We tested whether free-living wearable data can detect IR in adults with normoglycemia or prediabetes. Machine-learning models using continuous glucose monitor (CGM)-based glucose dynamics and smartwatch-based heart rate/heart rate variability were developed in Study 1 (N = 97) and externally validated without retraining in Study 2 (N = 61, 31% IR prevalence). The best-performing CGM-based model achieved AU-ROC = 0.873 [0.756-0.967] and AU-PRC = 0.816 [0.640-0.934], outperforming an anthropometrics-only baseline (AU-ROC = 0.749, AU-PRC = 0.593). Findings are the first to detect IR from wearables without blood tests or structured glucose challenges, with state-of-the-art comparable performance. By enabling continuous at-home screening, this approach can identify undetected at-risk individuals and trigger confirmatory blood tests to close detection gaps.
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