Table 1.
(Socio)demographic and clinical characteristics of young children with type 1 diabetes and their parents
| Number (%) | Median (percentile 25–75) | M | SD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children | Sex | Boys | 41 (53 %) | |||
| Girls | 36 (47 %) | |||||
| Age (years) | (range 2–7) | 5 (4–6) | ||||
| HbA1c | (range 32 mmol/mol-80 mmol/mol) | 77 | 59 | 9.03 | ||
| (range 5.1 %–9.5 %) | 77 | 7.6 % | 0.8 % | |||
| Treatment | Insulin pump | 63 (82 %) | ||||
| Multiple daily insulin injections | 14 (18 %) | |||||
| Blood glucose monitoring | Times a day (range 2–20) | 6 (5–7) | ||||
| Years since diagnose | (range 1–6 years) | 2 (1–3) | ||||
| N (number per total) | ||||||
| Parents | Total | Mothers observed | 74 (74/77) | |||
| Fathers observed | 3 (3/77) | |||||
| Marital status (mothers) | Single | 5 (5/74) | ||||
| Cohabiting | 10 (10/74) | |||||
| Married / registered partners | 52 (52/74) | |||||
| Missing | 7 (7/74) | |||||
| Marital status (fathers) | Single | 0 (0/3) | ||||
| Cohabiting | 1 (1/3) | |||||
| Married / registered partners | 2 (2/3) | |||||
| Missing | 0 (0/3) | |||||
| Educational level (mothers) | Primary education | 1 (1/74) | ||||
| About 12 years of formal education | 36 (36/74) | |||||
| 15–16 years of formal education | 29 (29/74) | |||||
| Other | 1 (1/74) | |||||
| Missing | 7 (7/74) | |||||
| Educational level (fathers) | Primary education | 0 (0/3) | ||||
| About 12 years of formal education | 0 (0/3) | |||||
| 15–16 years of formal education | 3 (3/3) | |||||
| Other | 0 (0/3) | |||||
| Missing | 0 (0/3) | |||||