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. 2015 Nov 17;10(2):405–413. doi: 10.1177/1932296815616134

Table 2.

Glycemic Outcome Measures of Closed-Loop Versus Open-Loop Using Sensor and Venous Blood Glucose (n = 12).

Time 18:00-18:00 (next day) (total of 24 hours)
Glycemic outcome measure Closed-loop (n = 12) sensor glucose Open-loop (n = 12) sensor glucose P value Closed-loop (n = 12) blood glucose Open-loop (n = 12) blood glucose P value
% time in target range, 3.9-10.0 mmol/l 71 (61.0 -73.8) 66.9 (55.4-82.5) .9 68.4 (50.6-74.5) 76.5 (70.2 - 79.4) .05
% time in euglycemia, 3.9-7.8 mmol/l 41.9 (27.0-59.5) 60.4 (40.2- 65.5) .1 40.8 (25.8 - 51.0) 60.2 (46.9 - 73.5) .02
% time in hypoglycemia, <2.8 mmol/l 0.0 (0.0-0.0) 1.7 (0.0-10.2) .02 0.0 (0.0 - 0.0) 0.0 (0.0 - 1.0) .08
% time in hypoglycemia, <3.3 mmol/l 0.0 (0.0-1.9) 4.4 (0.0-14.8) .02 0.0 (0.0 - 0.0) 2.0 (1.0 - 2.1) .01
% time in hypoglycemia, <3.5 mmol/l 0.0(0.0-4.0) 6.6(1.7-18.1) .01 0.0 (0.0 - 0.1) 4.0 (1.0 - 6.1) .01
% time in hypoglycemia, <3.9 mmol/l 3.0 (0.0-7.0) 17.9 (8.4-33.8) <.01 0.0 (0.0 - 2.1) 12.2 (3.1 - 18.4) .01
% time in hyperglycemia, >10 mmol/l 28.9 (23.6 - 36.8) 10.1 (7.7-15.1) .01 31.6 (23.5-49.4) 12.5 (6.2-17.3) .01
% time in hyperglycemia, >15 mmol/l 1.4 (0.0-5.0) 0.0 (0.0-1.2) .3 0.0 (0.0 - 0.0) 0.0 (0.0 - 0.0) .95
Glucose (mmol/l) 8.4 (1.1) 6.4 (0.8) <.01 8.8 (1.2) 6.6 (0.9) <.01
Low blood glucose index (0.0-6.9) 3.0 (0.9-4.9) 5.7 (3.8- 10.8) .01 1.4 (0.4-2.6) 4.4 (3.0-5.8) <.01
High blood glucose index (0.0-7.7) 6.9 (6.1-9.4) 5.0 (3.2-9.2) .27 7.3 (5.5-11.4) 4.8 (3.3-6.8) .01
No of CHO rescue in total 3 28 <.01 3 27 .01
Time 00:00-07:00 (total of 7 hours overnight)
% time in target range, 3.9-10.0 mmol/l 82.7 (69.0-100) 79.2 (29.0- 85.7) .1 75.0 (52.8-100.0) 78.6 (60.2-100) .84
% time in euglycemia, 3.9-7.8 mmol/l 59.5 (47.0-90.2) 66.7 (29.0-78.3) .4 46.4 (28.6-98.2) 78.6 (54.7-100.0) .07
% time in hypoglycemia, <2.8 mmol/l 0.0 (0.0-0.0) 0.0 (0.0-4.5) .08 0.0 (0.0-0.0) 0.0 (0.0-0.0) .32
% time in hypoglycemia, <3.3 mmol/l 0.0 (0.0-0.0) 0.0 (0.0-19.6) .03 0.0 (0.0-0.0) 0.0 (0.0-7.1) .05
% time in hypoglycemia, <3.5 mmol/l 0.0 (0.0-0.0) 4.2 (0.3-31.0) <.01 0.0 (0.0-0.0) 3.6 (0.0-7.6) .02
% time in hypoglycemia, <3.9 mmol/l 0.0 (0.0 - 0.0) 20.8 (14.3-71.0) <.01 0.0 (0.0-0.0) 21.4 (0.0-39.8) .01
% time in hyperglycemia, >10 mmol/l 6.5 (0.0-31.0) 0.0 (0.0-0.0) .01 25.0 (0.0-48.2) 0.0 (0.0-0.0) .01
% time in hyperglycemia, >15 mmol/l 0.0 (0.0-0.0) 0.0 (0.0-0.0) .3 0.0 (0.0-0.0) 0.0 (0.0-0.0)
Glucose (mmol/l) 7.5 (1.3) 4.8 (1.5) <.01 8.1 (1.9) 5.0 (0.9) <.01
Low blood glucose index (0.0-6.9) 0.8 (0.1-1.8) 5.8 (4.2- 9.4) <.01 0.1 (0.0-1.7) 5.2 (1.9-7.0) <.01
High blood glucose index (0.0-7.7) 2.8 (1.0- 6.9) 0.1 (0.0-2.0) .01 5.1 (0.5-9.2) 0.1 (0.0-1.0) <.01

Outcomes are expressed as median (IQR) unless stated otherwise.