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. 2020 May 14;43(7):e75–e76. doi: 10.2337/dc20-0696

Table 1.

Characteristics of patients with COVID-19 and diabetes remotely managed with CGM

Patient 1 Patient 2 Patient 3 Patient 4
Age (years) 26 63 76 82
Sex F F M M
Diabetes type Type 1 Type 2 Newly diagnosed type 2 Type 2
COVID-19 severity Mild Moderate Severe Severe
Need for oxygen support Room air Oxygen 4 L/min Ventilator High-flow oxygen
Additional comorbidities None Ischemic CVA, HTN HTN, NAFLD, CKD, hypothyroidism HTN and dyslipidemia status post mechanical AVR, osteoporosis, past smoker
Diabetes treatment CSII MDI MDI MDI
Glucose management before CGM
 Mean blood glucose tests per day 4.7 2.8 3.75 3.0
 Mean ± SD blood glucose (mg/dL) 127 ± 33 382 ± 188 192 ± 79 183 ± 14
Glucose management with remote real-time CGM
 Mean blood glucose tests per day 2.3 1.5 1.8 2.1
 Mean ± SD blood glucose (mg/dL) 127 ± 32 200 ± 54 168 ± 63 145 ± 45
 Time with transmitted data (%) 96.3 72.3 90.8 97.2
 TIR >250 mg/dL (%) 0.0 13.2 13.7 1.7
 TIR 180–250 mg/dL (%) 5.7 56.7 29.0 14.2
 TIR 110–180 mg/dL (%) 60.4 30.0 32.7 64.2
 TIR 70–110 mg/dL (%) 33.1 0.1 23.9 12.6
 TIR <70 mg/dL (%) 0.8 0.0 0.7 5.6
 TIR <54 mg/dL (%) 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.7

AVR, aortic valve replacement; CSII, continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion; CVA, cerebrovascular accident; HTN, hypertension; MDI, multiple daily injections of insulin; NAFLD, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; TIR, time in range.