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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Chem. 2023 Feb 1;69(2):180–188. doi: 10.1093/clinchem/hvac192

Table 1.

Summary Statistics* of Abbott Libre Pro and Dexcom G4 Platinum Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) Metrics Assessed Simultaneously During up to Two Weeks, Baseline, N=172

Abbott Libre Pro Dexcom G4 Platinum
Days of CGM wear time, mean (SD) 13.0 (2.9) 12.4 (3.0)
Mean glucose, mg/dL, mean (SD) 150.8 (38.8) 153.2 (35.1)
Median glucose, mg/dL, mean (SD) 145.0 (39.0) 147.9 (35.4)
SD, mg/dL, median (p25, p75) 38.5 (31.0, 47.6) 37.3 (29.3, 44.8)
CV, %, mean (SD) 26.9 (6.5) 25.2 (5.7)
Percent of time in range (70-180 mg/dL), median (p25, p75) 79.2 (65.6, 90.3) 81.5 (67.5, 90.5)
 
Percent of time of time glucose >180 mg/dL, median (p25, p75) 17.4 (7.2, 35.1) 17.7 (8.3, 32.7)
Percent of time of time glucose >250 mg/dL, median (p25, p75) 1.5 (0.1, 5.0) 0.9 (0.0, 4.7)
 
Percent of time of time glucose <70 mg/dL, median (p25, p75) 0.4 (0.0, 2.0) 0.2 (0.0, 0.9)
Percent of time of time glucose <54 mg/dL, median (p25, p75) 0.0 (0.0, 0.2) 0.0 (0.0, 0.1)
 
Abbott Libre Pro,
Hypoglycemic Events**
Dexcom G4 Platinum
Hypoglycemic Events
Rates of hypoglycemic events (per week), mean (SD)
 Level 1: glucose < 70 mg/dL 2.1 (3.4) 1.2 (2.2)
 Level 2: glucose < 54 mg/dL 0.6 (1.4) 0.3 (1.1)
 
*

Mean number of total glucose readings: 1251 for Abbott, 3574 for Dexcom

**

Abbott Libre Pro: Hypoglycemia Level 1: glucose <70 mg/dL for at least 15 minutes (at least two consecutive readings). Hypoglycemia Level 2: glucose <54 mg/dL for at least 15 minutes (at least two consecutive readings).

Dexcom G4 Platinum: Hypoglycemia Level 1: glucose <70 mg/dL for at least 15 minutes (at least three consecutive readings). Hypoglycemia Level 2: glucose <54 mg/dL for at least 15 minutes (at least three consecutive readings).