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. 2010 Jan;4(1):15–24. doi: 10.1177/193229681000400103

Table 2.

Early Detection of Hypoglycemic Episodes Reported for Integral-Based Alarm Algorithm with a Range of Parameter Valuesa

Integration window length (samples) 5 7 13
Integral threshold (mg·min/dl) 5 10 20 5 10 20 5 10 20
Hypo detection time cohort (min) -65 [-110, -35] -95 [-120, -55] -145 [-180, -120] -55 [-95, -30] -85 [-120, -50] -130 [-180, -115] -35 [-73, -15] -55 [-95, -25] -120 [-160, -85]
Hypo detection time patient median (min) -65 [-94, -33] -90 [-118, -56] -170 [-180, -124] -60 [-83, -31] -80 [-110, -47] -150 [-180, -123] -35 [-66, -16] -55 [-88, -26] -120 [-166, -101]
BG level at alarm (mg/dl) 58 [55, 60] 64 [62, 66] 78 [74, 79] 55 [53, 57] 62 [60, 64] 75 [71, 77] 52 [48, 54] 55 [51, 60] 72 [61, 75]
false alarms 1 [0, 2] 1 [0, 2] 2 [1, 3] 1 [0, 1] 1 [0, 2] 2 [1, 3] 0 [0, 1] 1 [0, 1] 1 [1, 2]
a

Data are median (IQR) for all 700 Monte Carlo runs (100 per patient).