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. 2020 May;33(2):210–214. doi: 10.2337/ds19-0048

TABLE 2.

Change in A1C for Different Language, Insurance, and Initial A1C Categories

n Initial A1C, % Post-Intervention A1C, % Change in A1C, % P*
All included patients 484 9.0 ± 2.3 8.1 ± 1.9 −0.95 ± 2.23 <0.001
Preferred language
 English 305 9.0 ± 2.49 8.0 ± 1.9 −0.96 ± 2.24 <0.001
 All non-English 179 9.1 ± 2.1 8.2 ± 1.8 −0.94 ± 2.24 <0.001
  Spanish 81 8.8 ± 2.1 8.2 ± 2.0 −0.62 ± 1.96 0.006
  Nepali 41 9.2 ± 2.2 8.1 ± 1.9 −1.14 ± 2.23 0.002
  Somali 20 8.7 ± 1.9 8.1 ± 1.5 −0.60 ± 2.00 0.20
  Tigrinya 8 10.9 ± 2.1 8.3 ± 1.4 −2.53 ± 3.03 0.050
  Amharic 7 10.1 ± 2.5 9.2 ± 2.2 −0.86 ± 2.10 0.32
  Other 22 9.2 ± 2.3 7.7 ± 1.5 −1.49 ± 2.91 0.026
Insurance status
 All insured 399 8.9 ± 2.2 8.0 ± 1.8 −0.91 ± 2.14 <0.001
  Medicaid 219 9.0 ± 2.3 8.0 ± 1.9 −0.98 ± 2.26 <0.001
  Private 106 8.9 ± 2.1 7.9 ± 1.7 −0.97 ± 2.23 <0.001
  Medicare 74 8.6 ± 2.1 8.0 ± 1.8 −0.58 ± 1.57 0.002
 Uninsured 85 9.5 ± 2.5 8.3 ± 1.9 −1.16 ± 2.64 <0.001
Initial A1C value
 >12% 61 13.5 ± 1.2 9.0 ± 2.3 −4.52 ± 2.67 <0.001
 9–12% 148 10.2 ± 0.9 8.9 ± 1.9 −1.27 ± 1.84 <0.001
 <9% 275 7.4 ± 0.9 7.4 ± 1.4 0.013 ± 1.27 0.86

A1C data are mean ± SD.

*

Two-sided paired Student t tests with significance level of P <0.05.