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. 2014 Aug 1;16(8):519–523. doi: 10.1089/dia.2013.0356

Table 1.

Pearson Correlation, Intraclass Coefficient, and Root Mean Square Error for Actual and Predicted Glycosylated Hemoglobin Values

Pearson correlationsa BOLUS BGM A1c0 A1c3 A1c6 A1c9 A1c12 Female Base age
BOLUS 1 0.589* −0.564* −0.578* −0.571* −0.562* −0.541* 0.003 −0.383*
BGM 0.589* 1 −0.391* −0.519* −0.504* −0.512* −0.397* −0.030 −0.501*
Female 0.003 −0.030 0.020 −0.001 −0.012 −0.033 0.008 1 0.019
Base age −0.383* −0.501* 0.282* 0.343* 0.308* 0.333* 0.300* 0.019 1
ICCb
 BOLUS     0.657* 0.667* 0.679* 0.677* 0.657*    
 BGM     0.437* 0.527* 0.536* 0.550* 0.463*    
RMSEc
 BOLUSd       1.58* 1.46* 1.49* 1.56*    
 95% CI BOLUSe       0–11.5 0–9.8 0–9.5 0–10.3    
 BGMd       1.69* 1.55* 1.55* 1.68*    
 95% CI BGMe       0–12.6 0–10.6 0–11.2 0–12.2    

Unless indicated otherwise, P>0.05 for all comparisons.

a

Correlations including four quarters of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) values post-baseline.

b

Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) of predicted HbA1c values of Eqs. 1 and 2 with future HbA1c values.

c

Root mean squared error of predicted HbA1c values of Eqs. 1 and 2 to actual HbA1c values of quarters 3–12.

d

Root mean square errors (RMSEs) of mealtime insulin bolusing (BOLUS) are statistically significantly lower than RMSEs of blood glucose monitoring (BGM) (P<0.015).

e

95% confidence intervals (CIs) of RMSEs of adherence measures.

*

P<0.01.

A1c3, A1c6, A1c9, and A1c12, mean HbA1c at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months, respectively, post-baseline; Base age, baseline age of youths.