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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Technol Ther. 2004 Oct;6(5):559–566. doi: 10.1089/dia.2004.6.559

Table 1. GW2B Alarms during Insulin-Induced Hypoglycemia Test.

Alarms based on a setting of 60 mg/dL. Data from 66 GW2B sensors worn by 46 subjects.

Reference Glucose Nadir ≤ 60 mg/dL Reference Glucose Nadir > 60 mg/dL
Number of Subjects 34 12
Number of GW2B sensors 50 16
Hypoglycemia Alarma
 anytime during test 12 (24%) 1 (6%)
 within ± 30 min. of hypoglycemiab 12 (24%) N/A
 within ± 20 min. of hypoglycemiab 7 (14%) N/A
 within ± 10 min. of hypoglycemiab 2 (4%) N/A
Down Alert Alarma
 anytime during test 44 (88%) 9 (56%)
 within ± 30 min. of hypoglycemiab 44 (88%) N/A
 within ± 20 min. of hypoglycemiab 41 (82%) N/A
 within ± 10 min. of hypoglycemiab 23 (46%) N/A
Combineda,c
 anytime during test 44 (88%) 9 (56%)
 within ± 30 min. of hypoglycemiab 44 (88%) N/A
 within ± 20 min. of hypoglycemiab 41 (82%) N/A
 within ± 10 min. of hypoglycemiab 23 (46%) N/A
a

Only consider the first alarm during the test for each GW2B.

b

Defined as first time reference glucose is ≤ 60 mg/dL.

c

Hypoglycemia alarm or the down alert alarm, whichever occurs first.