Glucose metabolism profile recorded by flash glucose monitoring system in patients with hypopituitarism during prednisone replacement

Table 2 Glucose metabolism indictors in patient groups and normal controls

Parameters	PG	Pred (> 5 mg/d)	Pred (≤ 5 mg/d)	NCs	Reference range
HbA1c (%)	5.61 ± 0.101	5.71 ± 0.15	5.47 ± 0.11	5.46 ± 0.06	4.8-5.9
FBG (mmol/L)	4.71 ± 0.12	4.81 ± 0.19	4.56 ± 0.11	5.01 ± 0.13	3.9-6.1
FINS (μU/mL)	7.10 ± 0.64	6.82 ± 0.98	7.52 ± 0.72	5.76 ± 0.62	2.6-24.9
HOMA-β	130.22 ± 13.43a	113.511 ± 16.18a	155.28 ± 21.37a	81.02 ± 6.83	-
HOMA-IR	1.52 ± 0.17	1.52 ± 0.27	1.54 ± 0.17	1.32 ± 0.16	-
G/I	0.79 ± 0.09	0.898 ± 0.14	0.64 ± 0.048a	1.02 ± 0.082
QUICKI	0.69 ± 0.03	0.71 ± 0.04	0.66 ± 0.02	0.73 ± 0.03

^aP < 0.05.

Pred: Prednisone; NCs: Normal controls; HbA1c: Glycosylated hemoglobin; FBG: Fasting blood glucose; FINS: Fasting insulin; HOMA-IR: Homeostasis-insulin resistance; G/I: Fasting glucose/fasting insulin ratio; QUICKI: Quantitative insulin check index.