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. 2019 Mar 6;13(4):636–644. doi: 10.1177/1932296819831695

Table 2.

Screening Performance of Different CGM-Derived Parameters to Predict Severe Hypoglycemia or Persistence of Impaired Awareness of Hypoglycemia.

CGM parameter Area under ROC (95% CI) Cutoff values Sensitivity Specificity
Prediction of severe hypoglycemia
% <70 mg/dl (3.9 mmol/L) 0.69 (0.54-0.85) 7.0% 71.4% 66.6%
% <54 mg/dl (3.0 mmol/L) 0.69 (0.52-0.85) 2.4% 71.4% 59.6%
LBGI 0,70 (0.55-0.86) 1.6 71.4% 57.7%
Number of <70 mg/dl (3.9 mmol/L) glucose events per 28 days 0.72 (0.54-0.87) 28 71.4% 69.6%
Number of <54 mg/dl (3.0 mmol/L) glucose events per 28 days 0.73 (0.55-0.86) 10.5 71.4% 59.6%
Number of prolonged <54 mg/dl (3.0 mmol/L) glucose events per 28 days 0.69 (0.53-0.85) 1 79.0% 56.0%
Persistence of hypoglycemia unawareness
% <70 mg/dl (3.9 mmol/L) 0.78 (0.67-0.89) 6.7% 75.7% 75.4%
% <54 mg/dl (3.0 mmol/L) 0.79 (0.68-0.90) 2.4% 75.7% 79.9%
LBGI 0.79 (0.67-0.86 2.0 83.4% 62.1%
Number of <70 mg/dl (3.9 mmol/L) glucose events per 28 days 0.73 (0.60-0.85) 31 75.7% 62.1%
Number of <54 mg/dl (3.0 mmol/L) glucose events per 28 days 0.79 (0.67-0.90) 12.5 78.8% 62.1%
Number of prolonged <54 mg/dl (3.0 mmol/L) glucose events per 28 days 0.79 (0.68-0.90) 1.5 73.0% 83.0%