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. 2013 May;15(5):401–408. doi: 10.1089/dia.2013.0002

Table 1.

Inpatient Reference Glucose Values

  Day 1 (n=48) Day 2 (n=48) Day 3 (n=46)
Hours of glucose readings 24 (24, 24) 24 (24, 24) 24 (24, 24)
Mean glucose (mg/dL) 146 (135, 166) 138 (129, 151) 139 (131, 145)
Glucose values
 71–180 mg/dL 78% (65%, 85%) 81% (74%, 90%) 84% (78%, 90%)
 Glucose values >180 mg/dL 20% (13%, 33%) 15% (8%, 25%) 16% (8%, 22%)
 Glucose values >250 mg/dL 4% (0%, 14%) 0% (0%, 6%) 0% (0%, 0%)
Percentage of glucose values ≤60 mg/dLa 0.3% 0.4% 0.2%
Participants with [n (%)]
 Glucose nadir ≤60 mg/dL 6 (13%) 8 (17%) 4 (9%)
 Glucose nadir 61–70 mg/dL 16 (33%) 8 (17%) 10 (22%)
 >5% values ≤60 mg/dL 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)

Data are median (25th, 75th percentiles) unless stated otherwise.

a

Pooled across participants.