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. 2014 May 22;13:59. doi: 10.1186/2251-6581-13-59

Table 1.

Participant characteristics by insurance status

  No insurance
Public insurance
Private insurance
P-value
(N = 7) (N = 36) (N = 252)  
Age (years)
14.6 ± 2.1
14.8 ± 2.2
15.5 ± 2.1
0.18
Sex (% Males)
43%
47%
52%
0.81
Duration of diabetes (years)
8.0 ± 3.0
8.6 ± 3.1
8.8 ± 3.0
0.91
Race/ethnicity (%NHW)
71%
53%
85%**
0.0001
Pumps
1 (16.7%)
11 (30.6%)
153 (61.2%)**
0.0002
BMI (%)
73 ± 27
79 ± 17
68 ± 23
0.07^
HbA1c (%)#
8.7 (7.5–10.1)
9.6 (9.1–10.1)
8.7 (8.5–8.9)
0.10^
HDL-c (mg/dL)#
51 (43–61)
50 (47–54)
50 (49–51)
0.78^
LDL-c (mg/dL)#
77 (60–100)
92 (84–100)
84 (81–87)
0.15^
Total Cholesterol (mg/dL)#
144 (123–168)
163 (153–173)
152 (148–156)
0.16^
Triglycerides (mg/dL)#
66 (52–85)
87 (75–101)
75 (70–79)
0.18^
CRP (mg/L)#
0.55 (0.30–1.02)
0.93 (0.60–1.45)
0.61 (0.52–0.71)
0.09^
SBP (mmHg)
118 ± 11
116 ± 11
113 ± 8
0.11^
DBP (mmHg) 70 ± 8 72 ± 7 68 ± 6** 0.01^

Note: **p < 0.01 for comparison between private insurance and public insurance.

#Geometric mean and 95% confidence interval.

^P-values are for ANCOVA with a Tukey-Kramer p-value adjustment (adjusting for age, sex, race/ethnicity category, and insulin regimen).