Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Patients Reveals a Potential Risk of Hypoglycemia in Older Men

Table 1

Demographic characteristics in study subjects. Data are presented as means ± SD. -test was used to compare the differences between two groups, .

Items

Total patients

Total patients

Younger (age < 60 years)

Older (age 60 years)

Male (57)

Female (47)

value

Younger (69)

Older (35)

value

Male (41)

Female (28)

value

Male (16)

Female (19)

value

Age (years)

0.96

BMI (kg/m^2)

0.50

HbA1c (%)

0.51

FPG

0.41

LnFPI

0.40

Ln2-PPI

0.04

FC

0.44

2-h FC

0.15

LnHOMA-IR

0.84

LnHOMA-B

0.79

II

0.91

MI

0.02

TI

0.59

Basal

0.20

Bolus

0.71

After log transformation for non-normally distributed data. Data are presented as means ± SD. , female patients versus male patients. FPG: fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L), LnFPG: Ln fasting plasma insulin (mU/L), Ln2-PPI:Ln 2-h postprandial insulin (mU/L), FC: fasting plasma C-peptide (pmol/L), 2-hFC: 2-h postprandial C-peptide (pmol/L), MI: Matsuda Index, II: Insulinogenic Index, TI: the total insulin doses per day (IU), Basal: basal insulin dose (IU), and Bolus: bolus insulin dose (IU).