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. 2012 Jun 18;7(6):e38962. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038962

Table 1. Demographics and characteristics of type 2 diabetic patients receiving BBT.

Variable All patients Patients receiving insulintherapy alone Patients receiving bothinsulin and metformin
N 2480 1119 1361
Male/female 1337/1143 630/489 707/654*
age (years) 58.87±13.15 58.59±14.09 59.11±12.32
Duration of DM (years) 11.30±7.96 10.61±8.37 11.87±7.56
BMI (kg/m2) 24.53±3.59 23.31±3.49 25.53±3.35
Waist hippo ratio (WHR) 0.91±0.09 0.90±0.11 0.92±0.07
SBP (mmHg) 133.31±19.38 132.71±20.93 133.80±18.01
DBP (mmHg) 78.30±10.58 77.82±10.84 78.68±10.36
HbA1c (%) 9.41±2.15 9.46±2.43 9.37±1.91
Fasting C-peptide (ng/dL) 1.56±0.91 1.44±0.96 1.65±0.85
postprandial C-peptide (ng/dL) 3.16±2.10 2.99±2.24 3.28±1.98
FBG (mmol/L) when admission 8.51±3.00 8.21±3.02 8.75±2.96
2 hPBG (mmol/L) when admission 13.35±5.07 13.38±5.56 13.33±4.66
FBG (mmol/L) Discharged from hospital 7.28±1.84 7.36±2.05 7.22±1.65
2 hPBG (mmol/L) Discharged from hospital 8.97±2.48 9.10±2.67 8.86±2.31
CRE (umol/L) 78.68±40.02 85.88±54.50 73.18±22.11
bolus Insulin dose per day (IU/day) 29.29±11.31 27.67±11.25 30.61±11.18
Basal Insulin dose per day (IU/day) 8.94±5.33 7.77±4.61 9.91±5.68
Total Insulin dose per day (IU/day) 38.22±14.92 35.44±14.27 40.51±15.06
Bolus Insulin doses per kilogram (IU/kg) 0.44±0.17 0.44±0.18 0.44±0.16
Basal Insulin doses per kilogram (IU/kg) 0.13±0.08 0.12±0.07 0.14±0.08
Total Insulin doses per kilogram (IU/kg) 0.58±0.22 0.57±0.23 0.59±0.22
Pre-breakfast Insulin doses per kilogram (IU/kg) 0.17±0.07 0.17±0.07 0.17±0.07
Pre-lunch Insulin doses per kilogram (IU/kg) 0.12±0.06 0.12±0.06 0.12±0.05
Pre-supper Insulin doses per kilogram (IU/kg) 0.15±0.06 0.15±0.07 0.15±0.06
BD/TDD ratio 0.23±0.08 0.22±0.09 0.24±0.08