Florence J Logan

TL;DR: The improvement in cardiorespiratory fitness in a cohort of overweight/obese participants undertaking aerobic interval training in a real world setting was modest, and the most likely reason for this finding relates to reduced adherence to the exercise program, when moving beyond the research clinic setting.

TL;DR: The high inter-individual variability in breath acetone concentration may limit its usefulness in cross-sectional studies, but it may nevertheless be useful for monitoring metabolic changes in longitudinal metabolic studies, in a variety of clinical and research settings.

TL;DR: In healthy volunteers, both glucose meters showed a systematic positive bias one hour after breakfast, and the significance of this finding in diabetes remains to be determined.

TL;DR: The two glucose meters tested showed a reassuringly acceptable level of performance, when assessed by a research team in the setting of a diabetes antenatal clinic, and fulfilled ISO 15197 standards.

TL;DR: It is recommended that when practical, the consumer perspective be incorporated into study design related to medical device assessment, using the example of hand held glucose meters.