What Really Matters?: How Insulin Dose, Timing, and Distribution Relate to Meal Composition in Free-Living People with Type 1 Diabetes
Authors' conclusion
This exploratory study designed to examine the impact of different meal types on insulin dosing requirements in free-living adults with T1D emphasizes the need for individualized adjustment of the CIR depending on meal composition.
Study context
- Population
- Free-living adults with T1D using open-loop insulin and CGM463 meals analysed
- Participants
- 25 adults
- Exposure
- Meal composition: LGI vs HGI and LF vs HF meals
- Outcome
- Insulin dosing requirements by meal type
Methodological detailsfree-living, prepackaged meals with defined macronutrient content, meal-tagging app
- Free-living
- Prepackaged meals with defined macronutrient content
- Meal-tagging app
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
LGI-LF
5.5
mean · SD 3.4
LGI-HF
4.5
mean · SD 3.8
HGI-LF
7.6
mean · SD 5.1
HGI-HF
8.7
mean · SD 5.8
LGI vs HGI: P = 0.01 · Between LGI-LF and HGI-HF: P = 0.001
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
- Risk of nocturnal hypoglycemia associated with daytime hypoglycemia and amount of insulin administered prior to the evening and exercise
Original publication
What Really Matters?: How Insulin Dose, Timing, and Distribution Relate to Meal Composition in Free-Living People with Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Technol Ther. Published 22 August 2024. doi:10.
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