{"id":12428,"date":"2026-05-20T16:51:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibs.re.kr\/bimag\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=12428"},"modified":"2026-05-20T16:51:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:51:46","slug":"insulin-resistance-prediction-from-wearables-and-routine-blood-biomarkers-dongju-lim","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.ibs.re.kr\/bimag\/event\/insulin-resistance-prediction-from-wearables-and-routine-blood-biomarkers-dongju-lim\/","title":{"rendered":"Insulin resistance prediction from wearables and routine blood biomarkers &#8211; Dongju Lim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this talk, we discuss the paper \u201cInsulin resistance prediction from wearables and routine blood biomarkers\u201d by Ahmed A. Metwally et al., Nature, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Abstract:<\/p>\n<p>Insulin resistance (IR), a primary precursor to type 2 diabetes, is characterized by impaired insulin action in tissues<sup><a id=\"ref-link-section-d88447766e537\" title=\"Parcha, V. et al. Insulin resistance and cardiometabolic risk profile among nondiabetic American young adults: insights from NHANES. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 107, e25\u2013e37 (2021).\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-026-10179-2#ref-CR1\" data-track=\"click\" data-track-action=\"reference anchor\" data-track-label=\"link\" data-test=\"citation-ref\" aria-label=\"Reference 1\">1<\/a><\/sup>. However, diagnostic methods remain expensive and inaccessible, which hinders early intervention<sup><a id=\"ref-link-section-d88447766e541\" title=\"DeFronzo, R. A., Tobin, J. D. &amp; Andres, R. Glucose clamp technique: a method for quantifying insulin secretion and resistance. Am. J. Physiol. 237, E214\u2013E223 (1979).\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-026-10179-2#ref-CR2\" data-track=\"click\" data-track-action=\"reference anchor\" data-track-label=\"link\" data-test=\"citation-ref\" aria-label=\"Reference 2\">2<\/a>,<a id=\"ref-link-section-d88447766e544\" title=\"Matthews, D. R. et al. Homeostasis model assessment: insulin resistance and \u03b2-cell function from fasting plasma glucose and insulin concentrations in man. Diabetologia 28, 412\u2013419 (1985).\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-026-10179-2#ref-CR3\" data-track=\"click\" data-track-action=\"reference anchor\" data-track-label=\"link\" data-test=\"citation-ref\" aria-label=\"Reference 3\">3<\/a><\/sup>. Here we present the WEAR-ME study, a large, remotely conducted study of IR (<i>n<\/i>\u2009=\u20091,165 participants; median body mass index (BMI)\u2009=\u200928\u2009kg\u2009m<sup>\u22122<\/sup>, median\u00a0age\u2009=\u200945 years, median\u00a0haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)\u2009=\u20095.4%) that uses time-series data from wearable devices and routine blood biomarkers to train deep neural networks against a ground-truth measure of IR (homeostatic model assessment of IR; HOMA-IR). Using a HOMA-IR cut-off of 2.9, our multimodal model achieved robust performance (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC)\u2009=\u20090.80, sensitivity\u2009=\u200976%, specificity\u2009=\u200984%) with data from wearable devices, together with demographic and routine blood biomarker data. To enhance the use of time-series data from wearables, we fine-tuned a wearable foundation model (WFM) pretrained on 40\u2009million hours of sensor data. In an independent validation cohort (<i>n<\/i>\u2009=\u200972), a model integrating WFM-derived representations with demographic data surpassed a demographics-only baseline (AUROC\u2009=\u20090.75 versus 0.66). Moreover, adding WFM-derived representations to a model with demographics, fasting glucose and a lipid panel substantially improved performance, compared with an identical model without data from wearables (AUROC\u2009=\u20090.88 versus 0.76). We integrate IR prediction into a large language model to contextualize the results and facilitate personalized recommendations. This work establishes a scalable, accessible framework for the early detection of metabolic risk, which could enable timely lifestyle interventions to prevent progression to type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this talk, we discuss the paper \u201cInsulin resistance prediction from wearables and routine blood biomarkers\u201d by Ahmed A. 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