Table 3.

Mean blood glucose concentration and daily insulin doses during subcutaneous insulin treatment after resolution of DKA

	Mean daily blood glucose (mg/dl)		P	Mean daily insulin dose (units/day)		P
	NPH/regular	Glargine/glulisine		NPH/regular	Glargine/glulisine
Day 1*	188 ± 61	213 ± 76	0.234	50 ± 28	58 ± 33	0.304
Day 2	206 ± 71	220 ± 61	0.370	70 ± 37	73 ± 47	0.877
Day 3	207 ± 86	180 ± 80	0.417	77 ± 45	62 ± 49	0.364
Day 4	211 ± 63	158 ± 44	0.068	70 ± 47	67 ± 50	0.999
Day 5	190 ± 45	124 ± 41	0.068	50 ± 30	47 ± 41	0.302

Data are means ± SD.

*Day 1 = depending on the time of resolution of ketoacidosis and transition to subcutaneous insulin, a patient could have received one or two doses of NPH/regular insulin or one dose of glargine and one to three doses of glulisine insulin per day.