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. 2018 Oct 30;9(6):2357–2368. doi: 10.1007/s13300-018-0525-y

Table 4.

Injection complications found or reported

Groups China
N = 3727, %
ROW
N = 8437, %
Lipohypertrophy (LH) found by nurse at one or more sites 25.0 43.7
Abdominal LH seen by nurse 16.3 17.0
Abdominal LH felt by nurse 23.2 20.6
Thigh LH seen by nurse 5.4 9.9
Thigh LH felt by nurse 6.7 11.3
Buttock LH seen by nurse 1.1 2.2
Buttock LH felt by nurse 2.2 2.8
Arm LH seen by nurse 3.8 11.6
Arm LH felt by nurse 5.9 13.9
Always inject into LH, reported by patient 5.8 16.6
Injections hurt, reported by patient 68.3 54.2
Injections hurt always or often (several times/week), reported by patient 4.0 23.6