After signing institutional review board approved informed consent, participants were mailed a handheld computer (HHC) and a LifeScan One-Touch meter with supplies for one month's use.
Plasma glucose was measured using a One Touch Ultra meter and test strips (Milpitas, CA, USA).
Glucose concentrations were measured on whole-blood or plasma with a One Touch Ultra meter (LifeScan Inc., Milpitas, CA).
Diabetic animal model establishment was confirmed by fasting blood glucose concentration tests via tail vein (One Touch SureStep Meter, LifeScan) 4 weeks after STZ injections.
Glucose measurements were made using the One Touch Ultra meter at bedtime, 12 00 a.m., 3 00 a.m., 6 00 a.m., and 7 00 a.m.
Patients entered a minimum of four self-monitored blood glucose samples (One Touch Ultra meter; LifeScan, Milpitas, CA) for daily CGM calibration.
Touch the meter's sensor to one of the magnet's poles.
"I was opposed to touching the meter at all at this point," Mr. Gruberg said.
One Touch Ultra meters (LifeScan, Inc).
One touch gluco-meter (Accu-chek sensor) was Roche products.
