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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Diabetes. 2013 Aug 15;15(4):287–293. doi: 10.1111/pedi.12068

Table 3.

Insulin Regimen, Dosage and CGM Use

1 month 3 month 6 month 9 month 12 month

Insulin Delivery N=618 N=687 N=713 N=673 N=855
 Pump 3 (<1%) 58 (8%) 118 (17%) 171 (25%) 282(33%)
 Injections (fixed dose) 255 (41%) 153 (22%) 123 (17%) 91 (14%) 97 (11%)
 Injections (MDI) 360 (58%) 476 (69%) 472 (66%) 411 (61%) 476 (56%)
N=587 N=655 N=679 N=640 N=812
CGM Users 1 (<1%) 1 (<1%) 7 (1%) 5 (1%) 12 (1%)
CGM and Pump Users 0 0 2 (<1%) 3 (<1%) 11 (1%)
Self Blood Glucose
Monitoring (# tests/day) N=406 N=425 N=436 N=404 N=497
median (25th, 75th percentile) 5 (4, 6) 5 (4, 6) 5 (4, 6) 5 (4, 6) 5 (4, 6)
Insulin Dosage (u/kg/day) N=500 N=562 N=592 N=552 N=733
mean (SD) 0.6 (0.3) 0.5 (0.3) 0.5 (0.3) 0.6 (0.3) 0.7 (0.3)
median (25th, 75th percentile) 0.5 (0.4, 0.7) 0.5 (0.3, 0.6) 0.5 (0.3, 0.7) 0.5 (0.4, 0.7) 0.6 (0.5, 0.8)
Mean Insulin Dosage (u/kg/day) by Age and Gender
 <5 years
  Female (N=71) 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7
  Male (N=89) 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6
 5–<12 years
  Female (N=262) 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7
  Male (N=212) 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
 12–<19 years
  Female (N=94) 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7
  Male (N=115) 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7
BMI Percentile
 <85% 370 (70%) 457 (71%) 485 (72%) 466 (73%) 605 (72%)
 85%–<95% 92 (17%) 104 (16%) 116 (17%) 108 (17%) 130 (16%)
 ≥95% 68 (13%) 80 (12%) 75 (11%) 68 (11%) 103 (12%)