Table 2.

Insulin regimen characteristics according to adherence category.

Variable	Nonadherent n = 117	Adherent n = 83	p
Insulin applications/day, number	2.31 ± 0.96	1.76 ± 0.79	<0.0001
Insulin dose, units/kg	0.54 [0.37–0.73]	0.40 [0.28–0.54]	<0.0001
Form of insulin application			0.028
Pen	21 (17.9)	26 (31.3)
Syringe	96 (82.1)	57 (68.7)
Basal insulin			0.046
NPH	81 (71.1)	47 (57.3)
Basal insulin analogue (glargine U100 and degludec U100)	33 (28.9)	35 (42.7)
Preprandial insulin			0.611
Regular	44 (88.0)	20 (95.2)
Rapid acting insulin analogue (lispro and aspart)	6 (12.0)	1 (4.8)
Basal-bolus or basal-plus regimen	50 (42.7)	21 (25.3)	0.011

Data are expressed as means ± standard deviation or number (%).