The Degree of Hyperglycemia Excursion in Patients of Kidney Transplantation (KT) or Liver Transplantation (LT) Assessed by Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM): Pilot Study

Figure 5

Comparison of the average glucose excursion according to the time interval in a day in the KT and LT groups according to the presence of preexisting DM or PTDM. (a, b) Both preexisting DM and PTDM patients and (c, d) both preexisting DM and PTDM patients, and only preexisting DM patients were excluded in (e, f). (a) Glucose levels increased trend in the afternoon and early evening intervals in both KT and LT groups which included both preexisting DM and PTDM; however, there were no significant differences in the glucose levels between the KT and LT groups during all time intervals. (b) The average increase in the glucose level tended to be lower in the LT group than that in the KT group; however, the difference was not statistically significant. (c) After excluding patients with preexisting diabetes and PTDM, both KT and LT groups with a normal glucose state showed similar increasing trends in glucose levels in the afternoon and early evening time intervals; however, the differences were also not significant in every time interval. (d) The average increase in the glucose level was significantly lower in the LT group than that in the KT group after excluding patients with preexisting DM and PTDM. (e) KT and LT patients after excluding only preexisting DM showed a similar trend to those of the other comparison. (f) The average increase in the glucose level between the KT and LT groups without preexisting DM did not show significant difference. Data are presented as the . Significant difference () between KT and LT.

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