Table 2.

Annual Resource Consumption

Variable (per 12 months)	Glargine	NPH	p value
General practitioner visits (average ± SD)	10.5 ± 6.4	10.8 ± 6.9	0.453
Hospitalizations (average ± SD)	0.1 ± 0.4	0.1 ± 0.4	0.774
Referrals to specialists (average ± SD)	1.6 ± 2.6	1.4 ± 2.5	0.032
Basal insulin consumption in U/day (average ± SD)	17.5 ± 8.5	19.7 ± 11.4	<0.001
Bolus insulin consumption in U/day (average ± SD)	26.5 ± 14.8	25.6 ± 15.6	0.040
Consumption of blood glucose test strips per day (average ± SD)	3.4 ± 4.4	3.2 ± 4.2	0.548
SD, standard deviation.