ArticleJournal of diabetes and metabolic disorders2018
The basal to total insulin ratio in outpatients with diabetes on basal-bolus regimen.
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- 9. Pharmacologic Approaches to Glycemic Treatment: Standards of Care in Diabetes-2024.Diabetes care · 2024Review
- Challenging the 50-50 rule for the basal-bolus insulin ratio in patients with type 2 diabetes who maintain stable glycaemic control.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2023Article
- Insulin doses requirements in patients with type 1 diabetes using glargine U300 or degludec in routine clinical practice.Journal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research · 2021Article
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38 authors at 19 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the basal/total ratio of daily insulin dose (b/T) in outpatients with diabetes type 1 (DM1) and type 2 (DM2) on basal-bolus regimen, by investigating whether there is a relationship with HbA1c and episodes of hypoglycemia.
methodsMulticentric, observational, cross-sectional study in Italy. Adult DM1 (
resultsTotal daily insulin dose was significantly higher in DM2 patients (52.3 ± 22.5 vs. 46 ± 20.9 U/day), but this difference disappeared when insulin doses were normalized for body weight. The b/T ratio was lower than 0.50 in both groups: 0.46 ± 0.14 in DM1 and 0.43 ± 0.15 in DM2 patients (
conclusionThe b/T ratio was independent of glycemic control and incidence of hypoglycemia.
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