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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Diabetes Complications. 2019 Dec 30;34(4):107513. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2019.107513

Table B1:

Behavioral and clinical characteristics of the optimally and suboptimally controlled participants

Variable Optimal control (n=2367) Suboptimal control (n=6896) P Adjusted P.
Insulin Method (%) <0.001 <0.001
Pump 1390 (58.7) 3190 (46.3)
MDI 977 (41.3) 3706 (53.7)
Insulin Amount, units/kg/day 0.85 (0.4) 0.97 (0.46) <0.001 <0.001
Number Meter Check 6.54 (2.56) 5.61 (2.29) <0.001 <0.001
CGM Used (%) <0.001 <0.001
1.Yes 131 (5.5) 161 (2.3)
2.No 2192 (92.6) 6659 (96.6)
3.Unknown 44 (1.9) 76 (1.1)
Severe Hypoglycemic Events (%) <0.001 0.138
1.Yes 202 (11.6) 920 (17.7)
2.No 1528 (88.1) 4225 (81.5)
3.Don’t know 4(0.2) 40 (0.8)
Number of Hospitalizations for DKA 0.03 (0.3) 0.15 (0.65) <0.001 <0.001
Number of Bolus per Day 6.41 (4.39) 6.61 (4.05) 0.143 <0.001
Missing Insulin Dose <0.001
1.Never 3001 (43.5) 1455 (61.5)
2.Rarely 1693 (24.6) 608 (25.7) <0.001
3.Sometimes 1299 (18.8) 243 (10.3) <0.001
4.Often 631 (9.2) 47 (2) <0.001
5.Very often 143 (2.1) 6 (0.3) <0.001
6.At least once a day 119 (1.7) 7 (0.3) <0.001
Frequency of Bolus Bed Time Snack (%) <0.001
1.Never 168 (11.7) 564 (12.7)
2.Rarely 113 (7.9) 389 (8.7) 1.000
3.Sometimes 238 (16.6) 1013 (22.8) 0.463
4.Most of the time 330 (23.1) 1075 (24.2) 1.000
5.Always 582 (40.7) 1409 (31.7) 0.058
Bed Time Snack (%) 0.002 0.138
1.Yes 1431 (60.9) 4426 (65)
2.No 902 (38.4) 2345 (34.4)
3.Don’t know 18 (0.8) 43 (0.6)
LDL 85.24 (24.29) 91.57 (27.89) <0.001 <0.001
HDL 56.79 (14.38) 57.41 (14.45) 0.141 0.463
Total Cholesterol 157.99 (29.88) 165.27 (32.12) <0.001 <0.001
Triglycerides 83.63 (54.62) 97.53 (85.77) <0.001 <0.001
Days of Exercise per week 5.22 (1.69) 5.2 (1.72) 0.645 1.000

Values are represented as mean +/− SD. Values in parentheses represent percent % or the standard deviation SD. Adjusted p values based on logistic regression controlling for age, BMI race, sex, DM duration, income, insurance and multiple comparisons.