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. 2019 Dec 12;19(8):1–108.

Table 3:

Subgroup Analyses of Time Spent in Glucose Range and Hypoglycemia Among People with Type 1 Diabetes who Use Multiple Daily Injections

Group Mean Difference Between Flash and SMBG (% Change) Difference in Adjusted Means Between Flash and SMBG (95% CI) P Value
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

A scale for measuring glucose variability

Source: Oskarsson et al.49