Table 3.
Primary and secondary outcomes by meal type
Control (N = 10 meals) | AL (N = 11 meals) | AH (N = 11 meals) | P (control vs. AL) | P (control vs. AH) | |
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Breakfast | |||||
Peak postprandial glucose level (mg/dL) | 186 ± 51 | 234 ± 54 | 211 ± 51 | 0.06 | 0.24 |
Mean glucose (mg/dL) | 135 (113, 149) | 173 (148, 191) | 162 (128, 169) | 0.23 | 0.65 |
Coefficient of variation (%) | 27 ± 14 | 24 ± 9 | 24 ± 7 | 0.61 | 0.69 |
% time in target range (70–180 mg/dL) | 88 (65, 94) | 48 (31, 100) | 69 (59, 91) | 0.24 | 0.67 |
% time <70 mg/dL | 2.9 (0.0, 6.3) | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) | 0.57 | 0.65 |
Meals with ≥2 consecutive YSI <70 mg/dLa | 4 (40) | 0 (0) | 2 (18) | NA | NA |
Meals with ≥2 consecutive YSI <54 mg/dLa | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | NA | NA |
Meals with carbohydrate rescuea | 4 (40) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | NA | NA |
% time >140 mg/dL | 63 (28, 73) | 69 (53, 88) | 69 (33, 79) | 0.58 | 0.83 |
% time >180 mg/dL | 8 (0, 32) | 52 (0, 66) | 31 (3, 41) | 0.23 | 0.65 |
Mean serum insulin (μU/mL) | 39 (35, 51) | 37 (30, 60) | 52 (43, 59) | 0.58 | 0.65 |
Lunch | |||||
Peak postprandial glucose level (mg/dL) | 184 ± 52 | 181 ± 42 | 180 ± 35 | 0.30 | 0.99 |
Mean glucose (mg/dL) | 115 (104, 140) | 132 (113, 152) | 125 (115, 141) | 0.53 | 0.82 |
Coefficient of variation (%) | 25 ± 13 | 25 ± 12 | 26 ± 11 | 0.53 | 0.83 |
% time in target range (70–180 mg/dL) | 75 (59, 100) | 91 (66, 100) | 91 (69, 100) | 0.76 | 0.69 |
% time <70 mg/dL | 3.1 (0.0, 9.4) | 0.0 (0.0, 9.4) | 0.0 (0.0, 12.5) | 0.58 | 0.74 |
Meals with ≥2 consecutive YSI <70 mg/dLa | 5 (50) | 4 (36) | 5 (45) | NA | NA |
Meals with ≥2 consecutive YSI <54 mg/dLa | 0 (0) | 1 (9) | 1 (9) | NA | NA |
Meals with carbohydrate rescuea | 2 (20) | 1 (9) | 2 (18) | NA | NA |
% time >140 mg/dL | 36 (0, 56) | 34 (25, 56) | 28 (13, 44) | 0.53 | 0.84 |
% time >180 mg/dL | 13 (0, 34) | 0 (0, 28) | 0 (0, 9) | 0.72 | 0.67 |
Mean serum insulin (μU/mL) | 44 (30, 52) | 40 (29, 54) | 47 (35, 69) | 0.58 | 0.83 |
Data are n (%), means ± SD, or median (quartiles).
Hypoglycemic events and carbohydrate rescues were post hoc outcomes, so P values were not computed for these metrics.