TABLE 3.

Management of diabetes mellitus

	Diabetes alone	Presence of diabetes and hypertension
	Endocrinology (n = 480)	Endocrinology (n = 688)	Cardiology (n = 425)
Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/l)	8.00 (7.76–8.24)	7.77 (7.59–7.96)	7.01 (6.83–7.20)a,b
HbA1c (%)	7.6 ± 1.9	7.6 ± 1.7	6.9 ± 1.3a,b
Treated, n (%)	429 (89.4)	631 (91.7)	288 (67.8)a,b
Oral antidiabetic drugs alone	271 (56.5)	384 (55.8)	219 (51.5)
Insulin alone	69 (14.4)	96 (14.0)	49 (11.5)
Oral antidiabetic drugs plus insulin	89 (18.5)	146 (21.2)	18 (4.2)a,b
Controlled, n (%)
HbA1c < 7.0%	215 (44.8)	291 (42.3)	165 (38.8)
HbA1c < 6.5%	140 (29.2)	178 (25.9)	117 (27.5)

HbA1c, glycosylated haemoglobin A1c.

^aP ≤ 0.05 versus patients with diabetes mellitus alone.

^bP ≤ 0.05 versus patients recruited from endocrinology departments.