Control of diabetic patients: Comparison of information obtained from fasting blood sugar level and the glycemic cycle

Summary The authors compare the results given by fasting blood sugar and glycemic cycle using the Schlichtkrull formula method in diabetic subjects. They conclude that when fasting blood sugar is normal or subnormal, no reliable conclusion concerning control can be reached in every cases of treatment (insulin or sulfamido-therapy). Work carried out by the Research Group on Nutrition and Dietetics of the I.N.S.E.R.M. Attachés de Recherches of the I.N.S.E.R.M.