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

443

8.92 ± 1.21

7.80 ± 0.66

5.15 ± 0.49

39 (8.80%)

16 (3.61%)

55 (12.42%)

Experimental

443

9.73 ± 1.38

8.06 ± 0.65

5.36 ± 0.62

19 (4.29%)

8 (1.81%)

27 (6.09%)

X²/t value

2.326

2.807

1.38

7.380

2.741

10.536

P-value

0.036

0.043

0.76

0.007

0.098

0.001