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. 2020 Nov 9;22(11):801–811. doi: 10.1089/dia.2019.0458

Table 4.

In-Silico Evaluation of the Effect of Hypoglycemia Treatment Recommendations at Bedtime

Glucose control metric
Intervention
Mean ± STD
None Bedtime snack 15 g
Bedtime snack 15–30 g
n = 10 subjects (3300 nights) Oracle-based Bedtime glucose SVR-based Oracle-based Bedtime glucose SVR-based
Time in hypoglycemia (<3.89 mmol/L), %
 Nighttime 6.1 ± 5.9 2.0 ± 2.8a 2.3 ± 2.9a 2.1 ± 2.7a 0.9 ± 1.6a 1.6 ± 2.1a 1.4 ± 2.0a
 24 h 3.6 ± 2.4 1.7 ± 1.1a 1.8 ± 1.1a 1.8 ± 1.1a 1.2 ± 0.7a 1.5 ± 0.8a 1.4 ± 0.8a
Time in hyperglycemia (>10 mmol/L), %
 Nighttime 30.2 ± 10.4 30.6 ± 10.3 36.5 ± 12.2a,b 33.2 ± 9.9a 31.1 ± 10.0 40.0 ± 13.4a,b 34.2 ± 10.1a
 24 h 36.9 ± 9.9 37.2 ± 9.8 39.8 ± 9.9a,b 38.4 ± 9.2a,b 37.4 ± 9.8 41.5 ± 9.9a,b 38.9 ± 9.1a
Time in range (3.89–10 mmol/L), %
 Nighttime 63.6 ± 6.5 67.4 ± 8.5a 61.2 ± 10.0b 64.7 ± 8.0b 68.0 ± 9.1 58.4 ± 11.7b 64.4 ± 8.7
 24 h 59.5 ± 9.7 61.1 ± 9.2a 58.3 ± 9.3b 59.8 ± 8.7b 61.4 ± 9.2 57.0 ± 9.3b 59.70 ± 8.5
a

Statistically significant difference with respect to no intervention (P < 0.01).

b

Statistically significant difference with respect to oracle-based intervention (P < 0.01).

SVR, support vector regression.