Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To quantify variability of insulin requirements during closed-loop insulin delivery.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed overnight, daytime, and total daily insulin amounts delivered during a multicenter closed-loop trial involving 32 adults with type 1 diabetes. Participants applied hybrid day-and-night closed-loop insulin delivery under free-living home conditions over 12 weeks. The coefficient of variation was adopted to measure variability of insulin requirements in individual subjects.
RESULTS: Data were analyzed from 1,918 nights, 1,883 daytime periods and 1,564 total days characterized by closed-loop use over 85% of time. Variability of overnight insulin requirements (mean [SD] coefficient of variation 31% [4]) was nearly twice as high as variability of total daily requirements (17% [3], P < 0.001) and was also higher than variability of daytime insulin requirements (22% [4], P < 0.001).
CONCLUSIONS: Overnight insulin requirements were significantly more variable than daytime and total daily amounts. This may explain why some people with type 1 diabetes report frustrating variability in morning glycemia.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 830-2 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Diabetes Care |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 5 |
Early online date | 10 Mar 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 2016 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Blood Glucose
- Cross-Over Studies
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
- Female
- Humans
- Hypoglycemic Agents
- Insulin
- Insulin Infusion Systems
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Retrospective Studies
- Young Adult
- Journal Article
- Multicenter Study
- Randomized Controlled Trial
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't