Table 1.
Descriptive participant data (N=15).
| Characteristics | Values | ||
| Self-identified as male, n (%) | 9 (60) | ||
| Age (y), mean (SD) | 64.2 (7.4) | ||
| Racial or ethnic group, n (%)a | |||
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African Native; American Indian or Alaskan Native; Asian (including Hmong, Chinese, Asian Indian, Vietnamese, etc); Black or African American; Hispanic or Latino, Latina, or Latinx; Middle Eastern or North African; or Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1 (7) | |
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White | 13 (87) | |
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Chose not to answer | 1 (7) | |
| Duration since T2Db diagnosis (y), mean (SD) | 7.5 (3.8) | ||
| Usual finger stick frequency at baseline, n (%) | |||
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Never or less than once per month | 3 (20) | |
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1-3 times per month | 3 (20) | |
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1-6 times per week | 4 (27) | |
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Once per day | 4 (27) | |
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2-4 times per day | 1 (7) | |
| Food secure, n (%)c | 14 (93) | ||
| Baseline HbA1cd (%), mean (SD) | 7.5 (0.4) | ||
| Baseline time in range (%; time with glucose 70-180 mg/dL), mean (SD) | 51 (25) | ||
aRacial and ethnic groups were merged for data presentation to protect participant confidentiality.
bT2D: type 2 diabetes.
cFood security was confirmed if there was a positive answer to either of the following two questions: (1) “Within the past 12 months, I worried whether my food would run out before I had money to buy more.” (2) “Within the past 12 months, the food I bought just didn’t last, and I didn’t have money to get more.”
dHbA1c: hemoglobin A1c.