Table 4.

Insulin need (units/kg/day) at the end of pregnancy in women receiving ILPS or NPH insulin.

	ILPSg (n = 53)	NPHg (n = 36)	P
Total insulin
Total	0.36 ± 0.27	0.58 ± 0.20	<0.0001
T2DM	0.50 ± 0.22	0.68 ± 0.18	<0.05
GDM	0.34 ± 0.28	0.48 ± 0.19	<0.05
Short-acting insulin analogue
Total	0.30 ± 0.18	0.44 ± 0.17	0.001
T2DM	0.33 ± 0.13	0.50 ± 0.14	0.01
GDM	0.30 ± 0.19	0.38 ± 0.18	ns
Intermediate-acting insulin
Total	0.12 ± 0.10	0.14 ± 0.07	ns
T2DM	0.18 ± 0.07	0.17 ± 0.07	ns
GDM	0.11 ± 0.09	0.11 ± 0.06	ns

T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus; GDM: gestational diabetes mellitus.