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. 2017 Aug 24;2(2):e21. doi: 10.2196/diabetes.8039

Table 1.

Sample characteristics with tests of difference by diabetes type.

Characteristics Total
N=1288
Type 1 diabetes
n = 367
Type 2 diabetes
n=921
P value
Gender, n (%)




Male 592 (46.0) 154 (42.0) 438 (47.6) .61

Female 454 (35.2) 152 (41.4) 302 (32.8)

Other 2 (0.2) 1 (0.3) 1 (0.1)
Location, n (%)




America/United States 1077 (83.6) 292 (80.7) 785 (86.1) .001

Europe 111 (8.6) 51 (14.1) 60 (6.6)

Asia 44 (3.4) 7 (1.9) 37 (4.1)

Pacific 16 (1.2) 4 (1.1) 1.3 (14)

Australia 19 (1.5) 5 (1.4) 1.5 (3)

Africa 6 (0.5) 3 (0.8) 3 (0.3)

Atlantic 1 (0.1) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.1)
Insulin, n (%)




Yes 717 (55.7) 367 (100) 350 (38) .001
Diabetes duration in years, median (IQR) 6 (15) 10 (19) 5 (12) .001
Food entries, n (%) 4 (88) 10 (99) 3 (82) .04
Activity entries, n (%) 271.5 (809) 182 (786) 294 (814) .09
Blood glucose entries, n (%) 72 (200) 102 (356) 67 (165) .001
Medication entries, n (%) 118.5 (366) 121 (609) 117 (331) .02
Months between HbA1c entries, median (IQR) 4.0 (3.1) 4.6 (1.5) 3.9 (2.7) .001
First HbA1c %, median (IQR) 7.6 (2.4) 7.65 (2.1) 7.6 (2.5) .43
Second HbA1c %, median (IQR) 6.9 (1.4) 7.30 (1.5) 6.7 (1.3) .001