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Therefore, we aimed to compare the association between glycemic variability and arrhythmia in middle-aged and elderly T2DM patients.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A total of 107 patients were divided into two groups: elderly diabetes mellitus group (EDM, <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u200973) and middle-aged diabetes mellitus group (MDM, <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u200934). The main clinical data, continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and dynamic ECG reports were collected. The parameters including standard deviation of blood glucose (SDBG), largest amplitude of glycemic excursions (LAGE), mean amplitude of glycemic excursions (MAGE), absolute means of daily differences (MODD), time in range (TIR), time below range (TBR), time above range (TAR), coefficient of variation (CV) were tested for glycemic variability evaluation.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>In terms of blood glucose fluctuations, MAGE (5.77\u2009\u00b1\u20092.16\u2009mmol\/L vs 4.63\u2009\u00b1\u20091.89\u2009mmol\/L, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u20090.026), SDBG (2.39\u2009\u00b1\u20091.00\u2009mmol\/L vs 2.00\u2009\u00b1\u20090.82\u2009mmol\/L, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u20090.048), LAGE (9.53\u2009\u00b1\u20093.37\u2009mmol\/L vs 7.84\u2009\u00b1\u20092.64\u2009mmol\/L, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u20090.011) was significantly higher in EDM group than those of MDM group. The incidences of atrial premature beat, couplets of atrial premature beat, atrial tachycardia and ventricular premature beat were significantly higher in EDM group compared with the MDM group (all <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u20090.05). Among patients with hypoglycemia events, the incidences of atrial premature beat, couplets of atrial premature beat, atrial tachycardia and ventricular premature beat (all <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u20090.05) were significantly higher in the EDM group than those in the MDM group. In EDM group, TIR was negatively correlated with atrial tachycardia in the MAGE1 layer and with atrial tachycardia and ventricular premature beat in the MAGE2 layer, TBR was significantly positively correlated with atrial tachycardia in the MAGE2 layer (all <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u20090.05). In MDM group, TAR was positively correlated with ventricular premature beat and atrial tachycardia in the MAGE2 layer (all <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u20090.05).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The study demonstrated the elderly patients had greater glycemic variability and were more prone to arrhythmias. 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