Group

No. of cases

Blood glucose 1 h after infusion

(Mean ± SD, mmol/L)

Blood glucose 4 h after infusion

(Mean ± SD, mmol/L)

Blood glucose 8 h after infusion

(Mean ± SD, mmol/L)

Blood glucose < 3.9 mmol/L (cases)

Hypoglycemic reaction (cases)

Incidence of hypoglycemia (%)

Control

426

8.82 ± 1.02

7.10 ± 0.63

5.35 ± 0.29

43 (10.09%)

14 (3.29%)

57 (13.38%)

Experimental

427

9.23 ± 1.08

7.36 ± 0.53

5.53 ± 0.58

16 (3.75%)

5 (1.17%)

21 (4.92%)

X²/t value

2.027

2.007

0.28

13.34

4.38

18.38

P-value

0.046

0.048

0.69

0.000

0.036

0.000