Use Your AGP Report to Increase Your Time in Range: Three Examples and Success Stories from People and their Care Teams

By Matthew Garza

Dive into AGP if you haven’t already! In our third video on understanding your ambulatory glucose profile (AGP) report, Dr. Carlson from the International Diabetes Center uses real-world examples to discuss how to use the information from your AGP report to inform your diabetes care 

The data that people get from a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) is immensely helpful for diabetes management, but the large amount of data can also feel overwhelming. How can you use all of that information to help you manage your diabetes? The International Diabetes Center’s Ambulatory Glucose Profile (AGP) report is a standardized, single-page report included in your CGM software that is based on your last 14 days of data. It shows key measurements – including your Time in Range (TIR), summary glucose profile, and daily glucose graphs – that can be used to assess your diabetes management and outcomes. diaTribe is hosting a series of videos to help you navigate and understand your AGP report so that you can find strategies to keep your glucose levels in range. 

In this video, Dr. Anders Carlson shares real-world AGP reports from people with diabetes. He discusses how each person’s care team used the information to make adjustments that led to an AGP report that was flat, narrow, and in range (FNIR). To learn more, watch Dr. Rich Bergenstal’s first video on what an AGP report includes and how to optimize your CGM data, and watch his second video on how to use information from your AGP report to improve your TIR.

To learn more about AGP reports, read our articles:

• Making the Most of CGM: Uncover the Magic of Your Ambulatory Glucose Profile

• How Diabetes Care Can Adapt in a Rapidly Changing World: A Conversation with Dr. Anne Peters (watch out especially for her advice on GMI!)

• Going Beyond A1C: Improve Your Health with GMI and TIR

Listen to this video at your leisure or fast forward to watch the section that most intrigues you!

• 00:00 Introduction

• 01:13 Shedding More Light on Your AGP Report! How is Your AGP Report Organized?

• 02:00 The Ambulatory Glucose Profile: What Does Each Part Mean, Again?

• 03:03 What Should I Look for On My AGP?

• 04:14 What do the Daily Glucose Profiles Tell Us?

• 07:05 Real Patient Stories: Seemingly Similar Care – Sam and Lucy

• 10:56 Real Patient Stories: Same A1C, Different Time in Range – Sam and Lucy

• 12:42 How to Apply Sam and Lucy’s Story to Your Own AGP Report

• 14:14 Real Patient Stories: Fear of Hypoglycemia Leads to Nighttime Highs

• 17:06 Real Patient Stories: Moving Towards Flat, Narrow, and In Range

• 21:05 How to Apply Donna’s Story to Your Own AGP Report

• 21:39 When Should You Call Your Care Team?

• 22:49 Thank You and Closing Remarks

This article is part of a series on Time in Range. 
 
The diaTribe Foundation, in concert with the Time in Range Coalition, is committed to helping people with diabetes and their caregivers understand Time in Range to maximize patients' health. Learn more about the Time in Range Coalition here.

About the authors

Matthew Garza

Matthew Garza joined the diaTribe Foundation as an associate in 2020 where he worked on diaTribe Learn and the dSeries Executive Innovation Labs. In February 2022, he helped launch dStigmatize.org... Read the full bio »