The dawn phenomenon, an early morning glucose rise: Implications for diabetic intraday blood glucose variation

M. I. Schmidt, A. Hadji-Georgopoulos, M. Rendell, S. Margolis, A. Kowarski

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Abstract

Eleven insulin-dependent (type I) diabetic subjects were studied during a 24-h period to assess intraday blood glucose (BG) variation and related free insulin (FI) levels. Ten patients exhibited the dawn phenomenon, a rise in early morning fasting blood glucose (123 ± 81.1 m/dl; mean ± SD). This increase was positively and significantly correlated with the morning postprandial BG peak (r=0.723; P=0.012). FI/BG ratios were highest during the night (0.717 and 0.666 at 2200 and 0400 h, respectively) and lowest during the early morning (0.294 at 0800 h) (P

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)579-585
Number of pages7
JournalUnknown Journal
Volume4
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1981

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Internal Medicine
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Advanced and Specialized Nursing

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