Table 2.

Comparison of the differences between groups

	Telemedicine group				Control group				P value
	Baseline (n = 212)	3 Month (n = 136)	6 Month (n = 115)	P	Baseline (n = 206)	3 Month (n = 101)	6 Month (n = 65)	P	3 Month	6 Month
FBG (mmol/L)	7.12 ± 1.6	6.81 ± 0.9	6.93 ± 1.2	0.23	7.05 ± 1.6	6.91 ± 0.8	7.13 ± 1.1	0.65	0.45	0.32
HbA1c (%)	7.95 ± 0.9	7.52 ± 0.9	7.38 ± 1.1	0.00*	8.03 ± 0.9	7.77 ± 1.1	7.98 ± 0.1	0.38	0.11	0.00*
LBGI	2.62 ± 1.8		2.12 ± 0.9	0.03*	2.71 ± 1.2		2.52 ± 1.1	0.22		0.04*
DSMQ (sum scale)	6.75 ± 1.8		7.79 ± 1.2	0.00*	6.13 ± 1.9		6.76 ± 1.2	0.58		0.00*
BMI (Kg/m2)	24.61 ± 1.9	23.64 ± 1.3	23.17 ± 0.8	0.17	24.22 ± 1.5	24.35 ± 2.2	24.98 ± 0.6	0.44	0.42	0.21
Systolic BP (mmHg)	125.42 ± 13.3	123.25 ± 11.1	124.68 ± 9.8	0.90	125.51 ± 13.9	127.94 ± 12.5	124.17 ± 8.6	0.79	0.21	0.63
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	76.61 ± 9.1	74.94 ± 8.5	75.67 ± 6.3	0.73	77.17 ± 10.8	76.12 ± 12.3	75.8 ± 7.6	0.67	0.35	0.88
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	2.52 ± 0.8	2.15 ± 0.7	1.78 ± 0.4	0.00*	2.61 ± 1.0	2.34 ± 0.9	2.47 ± 1.8	0.82	0.67	0.00*
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	5.41 ± 0.7	5.24 ± 1.3	5.37 ± 0.8	0.66	5.52 ± 0.9	5.45 ± 1.1	5.38 ± 1.2	0.43	0.73	0.92
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.13 ± 0.4	1.26 ± 0.3	1.14 ± 0.9	0.99	1.12 ± 0.3	1.08 ± 0.6	0.96 ± 0.6	0.24	0.42	0.11
LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	3.81 ± 0.7	3.65 ± 0.6	3.59 ± 1.1	0.34	3.73 ± 0.8	3.74 ± 0.9	3.68 ± 1.0	0.87	0.76	0.91
BGM testing frequency(times/month)	1.90 ± 0.3	9.84 ± 0.5	6.97 ± 0.6	0.01*	1.72 ± 0.6	6.58 ± 0.6	3.69 ± 0.6	0.04*	0.03*	0.01*
RIR in two weeks(%)	51	72	68	0.04*	55	61	58	0.68	0.01*	0.02*
Hypoglycemic episodes (%)			6(4.4)				5(4.9)			0.71
Emergency department visits (%)			5(3.6)				3(2.9)			0.86

Data is means ± SD, median and interquartile range, or n (%). FBG, fasting blood glucose; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; RIR, readings in-range (70 to 180 mg/dl); RIR in two weeks: RIR in the first 2 weeks of testing and in the 2 weeks prior to the 3 month and in the 2 weeks prior to the 6 month visit

*P<0.05