On Real-Time Estimates of Blood Glucose Levels
Response to Garg et al. and Deiss et al.
- George Trevin̄o, PHD
- From CHIRES, Inc., San Antonio, Texas
- Address correspondence to George Treviño, PhD, CHIRES, Inc., P.O. Box 201481, San Antonio, TX 78220-8481. E-mail: trevinochires{at}cs.com
Recent articles (1–3) have emphasized the need for real-time assessment of blood glucose levels. Real-time analysis is motivated by the belief that the random time series being analyzed manifests average properties that change with the passage of time. Results of such analyses are presented to patients as means (μ) ± SD. Farmer et al. (3) report that their statistical analysis is carried out using SPSS version 11; …
