# Does Glycemic Variability Affect Complication Risk?

**URL:** <https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/does-glycemic-variability-affect-complication-risk/912>\
**Category:** Complications & More\
**Tags:** variability\
**Created:** [May 13, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/does-glycemic-variability-affect-complication-risk/912 "2017-05-13T00:27:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/michel/32/387_2.png) [@Michel](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Michel)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/does-glycemic-variability-affect-complication-risk/912/2 "2017-05-13T01:02:06Z")

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This seems so counter-intuitive. But possible. I have not read many studies that find a link between variability and complications (although I posted one recently, although not a cohort study: [Short-term Peaks in Glucose Promote Renal Fibrogenesis Independently of Total Glucose Exposure](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/short-term-peaks-in-glucose-promote-renal-fibrogenesis-independently-of-total-glucose-exposure/816)).

I would love to believe it is true, because my son is going through such a roller coaster of puberty peaks. But I have a feeling that, eventually, we will find a link. It is just hard to come up with such a study, because of the logistics of truly tracking variability.

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