Table 2.

Comparison of Blood Glucose Control

	Group; Mean ± SD
Characteristic	Intervention Group (n = 50)	Control Group (n = 50)	p value
Time to target blood glucose* (h)	6.6 ± 2.7	7.3 ± 4.6	0.39
% time in target range	53 ± 19	50 ± 19	0.37
% time above target range	36 ± 19	47 ± 19	0.007
% time below target range	11 ± 11	3 ± 6	< 0.001
Mean insulin infusion rate (units/h)	3.6 ± 2.0	2.6 ± 1.1	0.01
Mean blood glucose (mmol/L)	7.9 ± 1.3	8.7 ± 1.0	0.002
Mean amplitude of glucose excursion	2.9 ± 1.7	2.9 ± 1.9	0.27

^*Target range: 5.1–8.0 mmol/L.