Table 3

Changes in medication among patients taking insulin at baseline
Participant	Week 0: Total daily dose	Week 24: Total daily dose

Low-glycemic, reduced-calorie diet group (total n = 29)
1	insulin 24 units	none
	insulin sliding scale three times a day	none

2	insulin 85 units	insulin 13 units
3	insulin 160 units	insulin 120 units
Low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet group (total n = 21)
1	insulin 50 units	none
2	insulin 90 units	none
3	insulin 32 units	none
	rosiglitizone 4 mg/metformin 2000 mg	metformin 1000 mg

4	insulin 40 units	none
	metformin 2000 mg	metformin 2000 mg

5	insulin 40 units	insulin 35 units
	insulin sliding scale three times a day	none

6	insulin 120 units	insulin 90 units
	metformin 2000 mg	metformin 2000 mg

7	insulin 135 units	insulin 60 units
8	insulin 80 units	insulin 8 units
	pioglitazone 45 mg	pioglitazone 45 mg
	glimiperide 8 mg	glimiperide 8 mg

*Medications were adjusted using a pre-specified algorithm based upon home and return visit blood capillary glucose measurements.
Westman et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2008 5:36 doi:10.1186/1743-7075-5-36