{Diabetes Management} My Non-Scientific Explanation of Standard Deviation

Please remember that I never give medical advice. Ask your endocrinologist or pediatrician for advice about your own child. Make your own informed decisions for your own child.

I’ve heard many parents are perplexed when they look at their meter, pump, or CGM data with their endo and “standard deviation” is mentioned.

So here’s my layperson’s explanation of standard deviation:

Standard deviation is the variability.

Say your BG average is 150.

You can get that average from having a ton of 50′s and...