Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2804513 Journal of Diabetes and its Complications 2011 7 Pages PDF
Abstract

AimTo examine which timing of blood glucose level is more important to achieve adequate blood glucose control with insulin lispro mixture-50 (Mix 50) three times daily (TID) monotherapy.MethodsThe study enrolled 35 Type 2 diabetic patients. Blood glucose levels before each meal and at bedtime were measured 2 weeks after the start of the study and were analyzed in relation to improvement in hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) at 6–8 weeks and 6 months.ResultsHbA1c improved significantly (10.1±1.6 % at baseline, 7.8±1.1 % at 6–8 weeks and 6.8±1.1 % at 6 months). Only the blood glucose level measured at bedtime correlated with improvement in HbA1c at 6–8 weeks. For the insulin-naïve patients, only bedtime plasma glucose level also had a significant correlation with improvement in HbA1c at 6 months.ConclusionsBedtime plasma glucose level can serve as a predictor of the outcome of long-term blood glucose control during Mix 50 TID monotherapy and that bedtime plasma glucose level needs to be reduced sufficiently to achieve adequate blood glucose control.

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