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Table 4 Agreement of each method in the hypoglycemic range

From: Accuracy of blood-glucose measurements using glucose meters and arterial blood gas analyzers in critically ill adult patients: systematic review

First author

(year)

Devices

Methods

Definition

(mg/dl)

No of

samples

Non

Agreement

proportion

< 5%

Non

agreement

proportion

Over

estimation

Under

estimation

Non

agreement

in

non-hypo

range

Odds ratio

(95% CI)

Ref

ABG

           

Corstjens AM

(2006)

ABL 715

Zone

A

70

22

No

13/22

(59%)

13/22

(59%)

0/22

(0)

165/394

(41.9%)

2.00

(0.84, 4.80)

[16]

Kanji S

(2005)

RapidLab 860

Within

20%

81

37

Yes

0/37

(0)

0/37

(0)

0/37

(0)

1/78

(1.3%)

0.69

(0.03, 17.3)

[19]

Total

   

59

1/2

(50%)

13/59

(22.0%)

13/59

(22.0%)

0/59

(0)

166/472

(35.2%)

1.86

(0.80, 4.33)

 

Gluco-C

           

Kanji S

(2005)

Accu-Chek

Inform

Within

20%

81

38

No

14/38

(38%)

11/38

(30%)

3/38

(8%)

18/80

(22.5%)

2.30

(1.00, 5.32)

[19]

Lonjaret L

(2012)

Contour

Within

20%

81

25

No

8/25

(32%)

3/25

(12%)

5/25

(20%)

67/277

(24.2%)

1.47

(0.61, 3.57)

[23]

Critchell CD

(2007)

Accu-Chek

Inform

< 15

mg/dl

75

14

No

4/14

(29%)

1/14

(7%)

3/14

(21%)

49/263

(18.6%)

1.75

(0.53, 5.80)

[24]

Total

   

77

0/3

(0%)

26/77

(33.8%)

15/77

(19.5%)

11/77

(14.3%)

134/620

(21.6%)

1.84

(1.07,3.16)

 

Gluco-A

           

Kanji S

(2005)

Accu-Chek

Inform

Within

20%

81

36

No

8/36

(22%)

6/36

(17%)

2/36

(6%)

6/77

(7.8%)

3.38

(1.08, 10.6)

[19]

Lonjaret L

(2012)

Contour

Within

20%

81

25

No

5/25

(20%)

1/25

(4%)

4/25

(16%)

30/277

(10.8%)

2.06

(0.72, 5.89)

[23]

Meynaar IA

(2009)

Accu-Check

Inform

< 15

mg/dl

75

10

No

1/10

(10%)

1/10

(10%)

0/10

(0%)

21/229

(9.2%)

1.10

(0.13, 9.12)

[25]

Total

   

71

0/3

(0%)

14/71

(19.7%)

8/71

(11.3%)

6/71

(8.4%)

57/583

(9.8%)

2.33

(1.13, 4.83)

 
  1. Definition, Definition of hypoglycemia; No of samples, Number of samples in hypoglycemic range; non-hypo, non-hypoglycemic. ABG, arterial blood gas analyzer; Gluco-C, glucose meters using capillary blood samples; Gluco-A, glucose meters using arterial blood samples; CI, confidence interval; Ref, reference.