Gu T, et al. - The impact of patient baseline covariates on the required dose of basal insulin and treatment response was explored by the researchers in order to better manage insulin-naive Asian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who initiated and fully titrated insulin glargine 100 U/mL (Gla-100) for ≥ 20 weeks. Younger patients or patients with higher baseline BMI or FPG possibly required higher doses of Gla-100. The developed nomogram could assist the clinicians to titrate the dose of Gla-100 appropriately. It was also discovered that initiating basal insulin at a lower HbA1c possibly resulted in greater glycemic control.