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. 2011 Sep;13(9):921–928. doi: 10.1089/dia.2010.0247

Table 4.

Correlation Coefficients Among the Measures of Glycemic Variability on 70 Subjects with Normoglycemia Using a Two-Tailed Spearman Correlation

    CONGA LI J-Index LBGI HBGI GRADE MODD MAGE-CGM ADRR M-value MAG
SD Correlation 0.30* 0.17 0.84** −0.15 0.20 0.28* 0.21 −0.08 0.25* −0.17 0.21
  Significance 0.01 0.16 <0.001 0.22 0.09 0.02 0.08 0.50 0.04 0.16 0.08
CONGA Correlation   −0.18 0.70** −0.88** 0.10 0.08 −0.06 −0.03 0.35** −0.87** −0.13
  Significance   0.14 <0.001 <0.001 0.39 0.52 0.63 0.78 0.00 <0.001 0.27
LI Correlation     0.07 0.27* 0.63** 0.33** 0.74** 0.67** 0.59** 0.28* 0.82*
  Significance     0.55 0.02 <0.001 0.00 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.02 0.01
J-Index Correlation       −0.55** 0.26* 0.29* 0.11 −0.05 0.42** −0.56** 0.12
  Significance       <0.001 0.03 0.01 0.38 0.67 <0.001 <0.001 0.30
LBGI Correlation         0.03 0.09 0.31** 0.12 −0.19 0.99** 0.21
  Significance         0.83 0.45 0.01 0.32 0.11 <0.001 0.08
HBGI Correlation           0.38** 0.51** 0.40** 0.93** −0.01 0.45*
  Significance           0.00 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.91 0.01
GRADE Correlation             0.40** 0.16 0.48** 0.06 0.31*
  Significance             <0.001 0.20 <0.001 0.60 0.01
MODD Correlation               0.57** 0.51** 0.30* 0.60*
  Significance               <0.001 <0.001 0.01 <0.001
MAGE-CGM Correlation                 0.41** 0.15 0.49**
  Significance                 <0.001 0.22 <0.001
ADRR Correlation                   −0.22 0.44*
  Significance                   0.06 <0.001
M-value Correlation                     0.23
  Significance                     0.06

Significance of correlations: *at the 0.05 level, **at the 0.01 level.

Indicates methods that assess the quality of glycemia.

ADRR, average daily risk ratio; CGM, continuous glucose monitoring; CONGA, continuous overlapping net glycemic action; GRADE, Glycemic Risk Assessment of Diabetes Equation; HBGI, High Blood Glucose Index; LBGI, Low Blood Glucose Index; LI, Lability Index; MAG, mean absolute glucose; MAGE, mean amplitude of glucose excursions; MODD, mean of daily differences.