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. 2010 Sep 1;4(5):1229–1235. doi: 10.1177/193229681000400523

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics

Statistics Group A n = 256 Group B n = 47
Age (years) Mean ± standard deviation, range 52.1 ± 10.7, 23–73 49.7 ± 13.6, 19–69
Age
<18 years n (%) 0 0
18–40 years n (%) 36 (14.1) 9 (19.1)
40–65 years n (%) 188 (73.4) 31 (66.0)
≥65 years n (%) 32 (12.5) 7 (14.9)
Gender
Male n (%) 83 (32.4) 22 (46.8)
Female n (%) 173 (67.6) 25 (53.2)
Ethnicity
Hispanic n (%) 237 (92.6) 42 (89.4)
Not Hispanic n (%) 19 (7.4) 5 (10.6)
Duration of diabetes (years) Mean ± standard deviation, range 10.9 ± 7.4, 1.1–39.4 8.9 ± 6.6, 1.5–26.5
Type of diabetes
Type 1 n (%) 7 (2.7) 3 (6.4)
Type 2 n (%) 249 (97.3) 44 (93.6)
Experience with injection pen
Yes n (%) 119 (46.5) 14 (29.8)
No n (%) 137 (53.5) 33 (70.2)