Ünlü, Kaan (2016) Research Question: Is there a threshold in blood glucose in which once below it, the rate of decline of blood glucose increases? Other thesis, TED Ankara Koleji.
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Abstract
This observation inquires about the presence of a threshold in blood glucose, when once above it, its rate of decline will change. The basis for argument comes from the laws of diffusion. Hence the following was questioned: " Is there a threshold for blood glucose level in which once above it, its rate of decline increases?" and it was hypothesized that "where the starting blood glucose value is the independent variable and the change in blood glucose level and the rate of that change in set time are the dependent variables, it can be said that there is a certain threshold for blood glucose in which once above it, its decline rate will increase." In the observation were two voluntary diabetic subjects, one of them being me; living under a specific diet for five days, checking our blood glucose values frequently in predetermined intervals as trials. After the trials, I took the fasting periods' Δ blood glucose values (ΔG) and graphed the ones pointing to declines in blood glucose, seeing that ΔG increased with increasing initial blood glucose, regardless of whether any intervention took place when said value was encountered. Finally, to check whether found trend was meaningful in context, a paired samples t test was run with an hypothesized threshold of 130 mg/dl for the sake of statistics, which resulted in a (T<=t) one tail value of 0.00576, which was lower than the alpha value of 0.05, consequently rejecting the null hypothesis and confirming the disparities between the values, therefore also accepting the hypothesis: It can indeed be said that there is a threshold in blood glucose in which once above it, its rate of decline will increase, but since the test group consisted of only 2 samples, it's result is in no way ultimate.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Other) |
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| Additional Information: | Supervisor Name: Gonca ESENDEMİR |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology |
| Depositing User: | Users 114 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Sep 2016 10:48 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Sep 2016 10:48 |
| URI: | http://tedprints.tedankara.k12.tr/id/eprint/787 |
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