Table 1.

Remission of type 2 diabetes mellitus as defined by the consensus expert groups from the United States and Europe

2009 [13]		2021 [14]
Partial remission		Remission
	Hyperglycemia below diagnostic thresholds for diabetes		A return of glycosylated hemoglobin to <6.5% (<48 mmol/mol) that occurs spontaneously or following an intervention and that persists for at least 3 months
	At least 1 year’s duration
	No active pharmacologic therapy or ongoing procedures
Complete remission
	Normal glycemic measures	Alternative criteria
	At least 1 year’s duration		Fasting plasma glucose <126 mg/dL (<7.0 mmol/L)
	No active pharmacologic therapy or ongoing procedures		Estimated glycosylated hemoglobin <6.5% calculated from continuous glucose monitoring values
Prolonged remission
	Complete remission of at least 5 years’ duration

Adapted from Buse et al. [13], and Riddle et al. [14], with permission from Oxford University Press.