Table 5:

The effect of a single dose of dextrose gel or placebo on measures of glycemia over the following 4 hours

	Placebo	Dextrose gel 200mg/kg	RR or median difference, 95% CI, P	Dextrose gel 400mg/kg	RR or median difference, 95% CI, P
	n=41	n=42		n=50
Age at which low glucose concentration first detected (min)	162.9 (56.0)	160.2 (56.5)	2.8 (−36.6, 42.1) P=0.89	166.0 (53.5)	−3.1 (−38.6, 32.5) P=0.84
Infants with any episode of low glucose concentrations	18 (41.9)	16 (38.1)		21 (42.0)	P=0.99
Infants with:
1 episode	15 (36.5)	13 (31.0)	P=0.04	19 (38.0)	P=0.62
2 episodes	3 (7.1)	3 (7.1)		2 (4.0)
≥3 episodes	0	0		0
Age at which severe low glucose concentrations first detected (min)	133.0 (16.5)	135.3 (58.4)	−2.3 (−83.0, 88.9) P=0.94	185.0 (52.0)	−52.0 (−129.7, 25.7) P=0.15
Infants with episodes of severe low glucose concentrations	3 (7.3)	4 (9.5)	P=0.99	5 (10.0)	P=0.92
Infants with:
1 severe episode	2 (4.9)	0	P=0.24	0	P=0.53
2 severe episodes	0	1 (2.3)		0
≥ 3 severe episodes	1 (2.4)	3 (7.1)		5 (10.0)
Severe episodes of low glucose concentration per infant	0 (0,3)	0 (0, 1)		0 (0, 4)
Total duration of low glucose concentration per infant (min)	33.1 (49.5)	36.4 (57.0)	−3.2 (−26.8, 20.4) P=0.79	24.1 (40.6)	9.0 (−10.0, 28.0) P=0.35
Proportion of time with glucose concentrations in defined range (% of total time measured per infant)
<36 mg/dl [2 mol/l]	2.5 (10.9)	3.0 (10.9)	−0.52 (−5.3, 4.3) P=0.83	1.89 (6.4)	0.60 (−3.1, 4.3) P=0.75
< 47 mg/dl [2.6mmol/l]	20.2 (9.9)	23.2 (36.3)	−3.0 (−17.7, 11.7) P=0.69	16.3 (27.0)	3.92 (−8.1, 15.9) P=0.52
54-72 mg/dl [3-4 mmol/l]	49.6 (39.8)	51.4 (41.8)	−1.8 (19.9, 16.3) P=0.84	51.2 (36.7)	−1.56 (−17.7, 14.6) P=0.85
> 72 mg/dl [4 mmol/l]	7.4 (17.7)	6.8 (22.7)	0.6 (−8.4, 9.6) P=0.90	6.1 (19.5)	1.3 (−5.9, 8.5) P=0.72

Data are median (range), mean (SD) or number (%).

Low glucose = < 47 mg/dl [2.6 mmol/l], severe low glucose = < 36 mg/dl [2.0 mmol/l], long low glucose = > 30 min.