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Table 2 Glycemic metrics obtained by continuous glucose monitoring

From: Associations of hypoglycemia, glycemic variability and risk of cardiac arrhythmias in insulin-treated patients with type 2 diabetes: a prospective, observational study

 

Daytime

Nighttime

24 h

Mean glucose (mmol/L)

9.0 [8.5; 9.4]

7.5 [7.1; 7.9]

8.6 [8.2; 9.0]

Glycemic variability

 Standard deviation

2.6 [2.3; 2.9]

2.1 [1.9; 2.3]

2.6 [2.3; 2.9]

 Coefficient of variation (%)

27.9 (25.0–35.2)

26.3 (23.0–33.7)

28.8 (25.8–35.1)

Time in ranges (%)

 Time in level 2 hypoglycemia (< 3.0 mmol/L)

0.1 (0.0–0.3)

0.2 (0.0–0.7)

0.1 (0.0–0.3)

 Time in level 1 hypoglycemia (3.0–3.8 mmol/L)

0.3 (0.1–0.7)

0.7 (0.4–2.0)

0.5 (0.2–0.9)

 Time in range (3.9–10.0 mmol/L)

71.2 (62.0–77.9)

84.9 (77.6–88.1)

74.3 (68.0–79.3)

 Time in level 1 hyperglycemia (10.1–13.9 mmol/L)

24.5 (17.1–27.2)

11.1 (6.4–15.2)

20.6 (14.2–22.4)

 Time in level 2 hyperglycemia (> 13.9 mmol/L)

3.9 (1.4–6.1)

0.9 (0.4–1.4)

3.0 (1.3–4.8)

  1. Continuous data are presented as median with interquartile range in parentheses or mean with 95% CIs