A patient monitored their blood glucose levels over the course of 3 days and obt

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A patient monitored their blood glucose levels over the course of 3 days and obtained the following set of results. 10: Date 18AS Day 2 Date Date 2045 YOUR COMMENTS Bring this orm and your ACCU-CHEK bood glcose monitorin ACCU-CHEK Carefully analyse the information and results presented and determine which of the following options (a > e) is a correct statement, (a) The average blood [glucose] for day 1 is the highest for the 3 days and the average (b) Over the course of the 3 days of testing the average blood glucose concentration blood [glucose] for day 3 is the lowest. (c) (d) (e) for the patient is 8.0 mmol/L with median and mode values of 7.7 mmol/L and 7.7 mmol/L, respectively (all values rounded to 1 dec. place). Over the course of the 3 days of testing the average blood glucose concentration for the patient is 7.8 mmol/L (rounded to 1 dec. place). Over the course of the 3 days of testing the median blood glucose concentration is 7.4 mmol/L and the mode value is 7.7 mmol/L (rounded to 1 dec. place). The results indicate that the patient achieves the after meal goal (blood glucose range: 6.2-7.7 mmol/L) for their blood glucose levels on 3 occasions.

Explanation / Answer

Option a is incorrect as the average of day 2 is highest and the peaks before and after meals are towards the higher side compared to day 1 and 3.

Option B is the correct answer because the average of day 1 is 8.12,day 2 is 8.48 and day 3 is 7.68. hence over the course of 3 days ,average blood glucose concentration for the patient is 8mmol/L

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