Table 3.
Comparison of glucose control, insulin delivery and nutritional intake during the postintervention period (72–160 hours postbirth)
| Closed loop (n=10) |
Control (n=10) |
P value | |
| Time spent with sensor glucose level (%) | |||
| 4.0–8.0 mmol/L | 64 (39-90) | 42 (30-55) | 0.053 |
| 2.6–10 mmol/L | 95 (79-97) | 78 (61-97) | 0.243 |
| >10 mmol/L | 3 (1-21) | 22 (3-36) | 0.156 |
| <2.6 mmol/L | 0.0 (0.0-0.8) | 0.0 (0.0-0.2) | 0.720 |
| Mean sensor glucose (mmol/L) | 7.0 (6.8-8.5) | 8.3 (7.3-9.2) | 0.182 |
| SD of sensor glucose (mmol/L) | 1.7 (1.5-2.1) | 1.7 (1.3-2.8) | 0.780 |
| Episodes of blood glucose <2.6 mmol/L | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Insulin (U/kg/hour) | 0.02 (0.00-0.04) | 0.03 (0.00-0.05) | 0.356 |
| Nutritional intake | |||
| Dextrose (mg/kg/min) | 9.4 (7.0-10.6) | 8.7 (5.4-10.9) | 0.549 |
| Protein (g/kg/day) | 3.7 (2.7-4.3) | 3.8 (2.9-4.4) | 0.968 |
| Lipid (g/kg/day) | 2.0 (1.5-2.9) | 1.8 (1.2-2.8) | 0.611 |
| Oral milk intake (mL/kg/day) | 4.4 (3.5-11.5) | 5.0 (0.5-13.0) | 0.720 |
Data are presented as median (IQR).