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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2019 Sep 24;157:107869. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2019.107869

Table 3.

Young Adults Admitted with DKA/HHS: Demographics and Healthcare Utilization by Admission HbA1c

Characteristic HbA1c<9.0% [<75mmol/mol] (n=20) 9.0% ≤ HbA1c <12.0% (n=75) HbA1c ≥12.0% [≥108mmol/mol] (n=116)
Age at primary admission, years (mean, sd) 27.50 (4.60) 26.82 (4.35) 25.44 (4.54)
Sex (%)
 Male 45.0 54.7 54.3
 Female 55.0 45.4 45.7
Ethnicity (%)
 Non-Hispanic 100.0 92.0 96.6
 Hispanic 0.0 8.0 3.4
Race (%)
 Black 65.0 75.3 92.2*
 Non-Black 35.0 24.7 7.8
Median Household Income, $10k 46.09 (20.38) 44.17 (16.91) 40.16 (12.60)
Insurance (%)
 Any insurance 60.0 37.4 21.6+
  Private Insurance 20.0 9.3 11.2
  Public Insurance 40.0 28.0 10.3±
 No Insurance 40.0 62.6 78.4
Healthcare Utilization (%)§
 Emergency Visits 40.0 45.4 40.5
 Hospitalization 45.0 44.0 31.0
 Diabetes Center Attendance 0.0 4.0 0.9

Abbreviations: ICU=intensive care unit; HbA1c=hemoglobin A1c; BMI=body mass index

*

significant difference between HbA1c≥12% and 9.0% ≤ HbA1c<12.0%, HbA1c≥12% and HbAc1 <9% at alpha p<0.001

+

significant difference between HbA1c≥12.0% and HbA1c <9.0% at alpha p<0.001

±

significant difference between HbA1c≥12% and 9.0% ≤ HbA1c <12.0%, HbA1c≥12% and HbAc1 <9% at alpha p<0.05

§

Emergency visits and hospitalizations in year after index admission, Diabetes Center attendance in year prior to admission