Investigation on Carbohydrate Counting Method in Type 1 Diabetic Patients

Table 2

The progress of the metabolic markers of the patients in the carbohydrate counting group.

	Carbohydrate counting group ()		values
	Pre-treatment baseline values	Values at 6 months
TA (mmHg)			= 0.065
Systolic	109.77 ± 5.24	122.04 ± 2.60	( > 0.05)
Diastolic	74.09 ± 1.63	79.54 ± 0.72	= 0.005
			()
Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL)	149.63 ± 17.65	160.40 ± 19.00	= 0.630; ( > 0.05)
Post-prandial blood glucose (mg/dL)	174.59 ± 15.46	169.27 ± 8.05	= 0.710; ( > 0.05)
HbA1c (%)	8.14 ± 0.48	8.00 ± 0.38	= 0.699; ( > 0.05)
Fructosamine (mg/dL)	417.77 ± 22.56	404.90 ± 23.59	= 0.525; ( > 0.05)
Uri acid (mg/dL)	3.43 ± 0.26	3.94 ± 0.30	= 0.003; ()
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	174.50 ± 8.24	170.77 ± 6.41	= 0.534; ( > 0.05)
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	79.04 ± 6.83	75.90 ± 5.87	= 0.587; ( > 0.05)
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	71.18 ± 4.19	67.40 ± 3.44	= 0.112; ( > 0.05)
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	84.49 ± 7.01	92.86 ± 6.01	= 0.120; ( > 0.05)
Total cholesterol/HDL cholesterol ratio	2.52 ± 0.18	2.71 ± 0.18	= 0.174; ( > 0.05)