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. 2021 May 11;106(8):2291–2303. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgab323

Table 1.

Demographics and overall glucose metrics

[A] Healthy control [B] PBH-RYGB [C] Non-Surg Hypo [D] Pre-DM [E] T2D P value (paired)* P value (overall)**
n 38 40 20 14 5 [A] vs [B] [A] vs [C] [B] vs [C] [B] vs [E]
Demographics
 Sex (F/M) *** 23/15 37/3 14/6 8/6 1/4 0.001 0.048 0.021 <0.0001 0.0009
 Age 49 ± 11.0 51 ± 8.5 51 ± 11.0 60 ± 6.5 59 ± 5.0 0.065 0.249 0.806 0.245 0.020
 BMI 25.7 ± 2.2 28.5 ± 3.6 27.1 ± 5.1 29.2 ± 3.4 26.4 ± 2.6 <0.01 0.107 0.795 0.467 0.027
Sensor glucose metrics
 CGM Duration (hours) 152 ± 6 88 ± 81 161 ± 5 152 ± 3 150 ± 3 <0.001 <0.01 <0.001 0.094 <0.001
 Mean (mg/dL) 96.9 ± 10.2 99.8 ± 18.6 94.2 ± 9.6 108.8 ± 6.3 108.2 ± 7.6 0.739 0.727 0.750 0.042 0.008
 Median (quartiles) (mg/dL) 95 (86, 106) 93 (81, 111) 92 (83, 106) 107 (96, 122) 102 (95, 119) 0.412 0.502 0.938 0.027 0.002
 Peak (mg/dL) 169.5 ± 34.1 202.0 ± 52.6 175.0 ± 27.4 190.5 ± 14.1 246.0 ± 62.3 0.001 0.928 0.010 0.406 0.001
 Nadir (mg/dL) 49.0 ± 11.9 42.5 ± 3.7 47.5 ± 11.1 58.0 ± 6.7 64.0 ± 8.9 0.0046 0.283 0.340 0.002 <0.0001
 Range (mg/dL) 112.0 ± 26.7 154.5 ± 50.4 113.5 ± 37.1 139.0 ± 24.5 185.0 ± 46.0 <0.0001 0.987 0.005 0.800 <0.001
Glucose variability
 SD (mg/dL) 17.6 ± 2.9 24.8 ± 7.3 18.6 ± 6.6 20.4 ± 4.1 27.3 ± 5.3 <0.0001 0.460 <0.001 0.930 <0.0001
 Coefficient of variation (%) 17.9 ± 2.4% 27.3 ± 6.8% 20.8 ± 6.2% 19.3 ± 3.4% 22.8 ± 3.6% <0.0001 0.163 <0.0001 0.264 <0.0001
 Interquartile range (mg/dL) 20.0 ± 4.4 28.0 ± 7.4 22.0 ± 7.8 25.0 ± 8.9 26.0 ± 4.4 <0.0001 0.283 0.013 0.366 <0.0001
 CONGA1 (mg/dL) 17.7 ± 4.5 28.3 ± 9.1 19.5 ± 5.6 22.0 ± 7.0 26.1 ± 3.8 <0.0001 0.163 <0.0001 0.388 <0.0001
 CONGA2 (mg/dL) 19.9 ± 5.1 31.8 ± 10.5 22.4 ± 7.3 26.2 ± 7.7 36.0 ± 4.0 <0.0001 0.251 <0.001 0.713 <0.0001
 CONGA4 (mg/dL) 21.6 ± 5.5 32.5 ± 12.3 23.3 ± 6.4 26.8 ± 5.9 35.9 ± 12.8 <0.0001 0.317 0.003 0.493 <0.0001
Glycemic risk
 Average Daily Risk Range (ADDR) 2.1 ± 1.0 3.8 ± 1.8 2.7 ± 1.9 1.4 ± 0.5 2.1 ± 0.2 <0.0001 0.101 0.092 0.002 <0.0001
 Low Blood Glucose Index (LBGI) 2.0 ± 1.2 2.6 ± 2.1 2.6 ± 2.2 0.8 ± 0.5 0.8 ± 0.5 0.017 0.317 0.441 0.002 <0.0001
 High Blood Glucose Index (HBGI) 0.1 ± 0.1 0.3 ± 0.4 0.1 ± 0.2 0.4 ± 0.3 0.8 ± 0.9 <0.001 0.450 0.050 0.314 <0.001

Data are median ± median absolute deviations (MAD). *P value from paired comparison using Wilcoxon test. **P value from comparison across all groups using Kruskal-Wallis (ANOVA). ***Chi-squared test. CONGA, Continuous overlapping net glycemic action over 1 hour, over 2 hours, and over 4 hours.

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CGM, continuous glucose monitoring; CONGA, continuous overall net glycemic action; PBH-RYGB, post-bariatric hypoglycemia after RYGB; Pre-DM, prediabetes; T2D, type 2 diabetes.