Table 4.

Control of diabetes and of HbA1c levels

Estimate	Summary of the main features of the study	Reference
HbA1c levels <7%	Study year: March-October 2007	[53]
41.3%	Setting: 13 primary care units in urban areas
	Sample and study design: 287 diabetic patients, 79 males, 208 females. Cross-sectional study, ADA criteria
HbA1c levels <7%	Study year: July 2007	[72]
29.7%	Setting: diabetes clinic in a community hospital
	Sample and study design: 325 diabetic patients (who had diabetes for at least one year), 114 males, 221 females. Cross-sectional study.
30.2% of the participants achieved HbA1c levels of less than 7%	Study year: April-December 2003	[71]
	Setting: 11 tertiary diabetes centres
	Sample and study design: 8,913 Type 2 diabetes patients aged 18 and older (3,012 males and 5,901 females). Cross-sectional study. Thailand diabetes registry project
HbA1c levels < 7%	Study year: April-December 2003	[67]
DMT1: 17%	Setting: 11 tertiary diabetes centres
DMT2: 21.6%	Sample and study design: Children and adolescents diabetes, 58 Type 1 and 22 Type 2, Cross-sectional study. Thailand diabetes registry project
HbA1c levels 7-8%
DMT1: 20%
DMT2: 15.2%
HbA1c levels 8-9%
DMT1: 15%
DMT2: 15.2%
HbA1c levels >9%
DMT1: 47.6%
DMT2: 48.2%

Notes: standard deviation (SD).