Table 9.
Percentage of Results Blood Glucose ≤60, 61-200, and >200 mg/dl of Calculator Versus Bolus Guide for Meals A-H Averaged for Carbohydrate Estimation Error Coefficients of Variation of 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, and 50% and Blood Glucose Measurements Error Coefficients of Variation of 0% and 10% over the Entire Range of Target Blood Glucose, Insulin-to-Carbohydrate Ratio, and Insulin Sensitivity Factor According to Normal and Gamma Carbohydrate Estimation Error Distribution around the Estimated Mean and True Carbohydrate Value
| Normal | Gamma | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Around TC | Around estimated carbohydrate | Around TC | Around estimated carbohydrate | |||||||||
| ≤60 mg/dl | 61–200 mg/dl | >200 mg/dl | ≤60 mg/dl | 61–200 mg/dl | >200 mg/dl | ≤60 mg/dl | 61–200 mg/dl | >200 mg/dl | ≤60 mg/dl | 61–200 mg/dl | >200 mg/dl | |
| Calculator | 20.3% | 66.2% | 13.5% | 12.5% | 55.3% | 32.3% | 18.5% | 67.1% | 14.4% | 11.8% | 55.2% | 33.0% |
| Bolus guide | 17.0% | 67.6% | 15.4% | 10.0% | 54.9% | 35.0% | 15.5% | 67.9% | 16.6% | 9.6% | 54.6% | 35.8% |
| Difference | -3.3% | 1.4% | 1.9% | -2.5% | -0.4% | 2.7% | -3.0% | 0.8% | 2.2% | -2.2% | -0.6% | 2.8% |