Table 3:
Group Mean | Difference Between Flash and SMBG (% Change) | Difference in Adjusted Means Between Flash and SMBG (95% CI) | P Value | |||
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Flash | SMBG | |||||
Baseline | Study End | Baseline | Study End | |||
Hours in target glucose range (3.9–10.0 mmol/L) within 24 hours | ||||||
15.0 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 6.5% | 0.9 (0.2 to 1.7) | .011 |
Hours in hypoglycemia (< 3.9 mmol/L) within 24 hours | ||||||
3.44 | 1.86 | 3.73 | 3.66 | −46.0% | −1.65 (−2.21 to −1.09) | < .0001 |
Hours in hypoglycemia at night (11 pm-6 am) within 7 hours | ||||||
1.20 | 0.61 | 1.41 | 1.28 | −46.6% | −0.57 (−0.81 to −0.34) | < .0001 |
Mean hypoglycemia events < 3.9 mmol/L (70 mg/dL) within 24 hours | ||||||
1.80 | 1.23 | 1.72 | 1.78 | −32.8% | −0.59 (−0.78 to −0.40) | < .0001 |
Hours above target glucose range (> 13.3 mmol/L) within 24 hours | ||||||
1.77 | 1.78 | 2.05 | 2.10 | −9.2% | −0.19 (−0.58 to 0.21) | .36 |
Mean amplitude of glucose excursiona | ||||||
7.9 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 8.0 | −3.9% | −0.31 (−0.72 to 0.11) | .14 |
Blood glucose risk indexa | ||||||
8.1 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 8.6 | −9.4% | −0.8 (−1.4 to −0.1) | .017 |
Coefficient of variation in glucose, %a | ||||||
43.2 | 37.8 | 43.4 | 42.6 | −11.1% | −4.7 (−6.2 to −3.2) | < .0001 |
Low blood glucose risk indexa | ||||||
2.70 | 1.61 | 2.87 | 2.77 | −39.3% | −1.07 (−1.42 to −0.72) | < .0001 |
Standard deviation of glucose, (mmol/L)a | ||||||
3.36 | 3.10 | 3.41 | 3.36 | −6.9% | −0.23 (−0.39 to −0.07) | .0051 |
Continuous overlapping net glycemic action, 2 hours, mg/dLa | ||||||
3.2 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 | −14.8% | −0.48 (−0.66 to −0.30) | < .0001 |
Continuous overlapping net glycemic action, 6 hours, mg/dLa | ||||||
4.0 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.1 | −9.7% | −0.39 (−0.85 to 0.06) | .089 |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; SMBG, self-monitoring of blood glucose.
A scale for measuring glucose variability
Source: Oskarsson et al.49