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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Diabetes. 2014 Jul 12;16(4):263–270. doi: 10.1111/pedi.12166

Table 2. Participant characteristics according to insulin regimen.

CONV
(n=70)
MDI
(n=258)
PUMP
(n=179)
Age (years)a 11.3±2.2 12.7±2.2 12.6±2.2
Sex (% female) 59 48 54
Race/ethnicity (% non-white)b 13 12 3
z-BMI (SDS) 0.56±0.82 0.73±0.72 0.66±0.82
BMI percentile (%) 67±23 72±20 70±23
Age at T1D diagnosis (years)c 7.7±2.9 7.1±3.6 6.2±3.0
T1D duration (years)d 3.6±2.8 5.5±3.5 6.4±3.1
Insulin dose (U/kg/day)e 0.9±0.2 1.0±0.3 0.9±0.2
BG monitoring frequency (%)f
 ≤2 times/day 14 7 3
 3 times/day 20 22 10
 4 times/day 59 43 17
 ≥5 times/day 7 27 70
A1c % (mmol/mol)g 8.4±1.2 (68±13) 8.6±1.1 (70±12) 8.0±0.9 (64±10)

CONV: Conventional therapy; MDI: Multiple daily injections

a

CONV vs. MDI: p<.001, CONV vs. PUMP: p<.001.

b

CONV vs. PUMP: p=.002, MDI vs. PUMP: p<.001.

c

CONV vs. PUMP: p=.003, MDI vs. PUMP: p=.01.

d

CONV vs. MDI: p<.001, CONV vs. PUMP: p<.001, MDI vs. PUMP: p=.02.

e

CONV vs. MDI: p<.001, MDI vs. PUMP: p<.001.

f

CONV vs. MDI: p=.002, CONV vs. PUMP: p<.001, MDI vs. PUMP: p<.001.

g

MDI vs. PUMP: p<.001.