[Mathematical methods to calculate the glycemic index of carbohydrate food load in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus].

The authors analyze the methodologic problem of calculating the glycemic indexes in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) administered substitution insulin therapy. They demonstrate that post-alimentary glycemic curves in IDDM may essentially differ from those in health. Eight characteristic types of post-alimentary glycemic curves observed in IDDM patients were singled out, and simple and therefore fairly available for clinicians methods of automated (making use of programmed microcalculators) calculation of the glycemic indexes have been developed for each of these types. Interpretations of abnormal curves are suggested as are possible approaches to an analysis of such data. The authors believe that the developed methods of calculation of glycemic indexes will help rapidly create a Russian data bank of foodstuffs recommended for diabetics.