Table 3.
Patients categorized by level of glycated hemoglobin one year after sensor use with results of different variables.
| HbA1c ≤ 6.5% (n = 58) |
HbA1c 6.5–7% (n = 49) |
HbA1c 7–7.5% (n = 38) |
HbA1C 7.5–8% (n = 28) |
HbA1c ≥ 8% (n = 18) |
p-Value (Kruskal–Wallis) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Boys | 28 (48.3%) 30 (51.7%) |
28 (57.1%) 21 (42.9%) |
18 (47.4%) 20 (42.9%) |
15 (53.6%) 13 (46.4%) |
10 (55.6%) 8 (44.4%) |
NS |
| Girls | |||||||
| Age (years) Mean (SD) |
10.8 (3.3) | 11.7 (3) | 10.8 (3.4) | 10.6 (2.5) | 12.2 (2.3) | NS | |
| No. capillary blood glucose/day baseline Mean (SD) |
7.0 (1.4) | 7.2 (1.4) | 6.7 (1.1) | 7.3 (1.6) | 6.4 (1.1) | NS | |
| Miss | 9 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | ||
| No. capillary blood glucose/day after a year Mean (SD) |
1.3 (1.9) | 0.9 (1.5) | 0.7 (1.2) | 1 (1.6) | 1.4 (2.2) | NS | |
| Miss | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| % TIR (Glucose 70–180 ng/mL) Mean (SD) |
62.214 (11.584) | 50.462 (10.856) | 47.625 (13.995) | 39.385 (6.104) | 32.636 (7.953) | <0.001 | |
| Miss | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| % TIR (Glucose 70–140 ng/mL) Mean (SD) |
40.923 (12.114) | 30.885 (9.253) | 26.781 (9.797) | 22.538 (3.843) | 17.636 (5.143) | <0.001 | |
| Miss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| % TBR Mean (SD) |
5.397 (5.474) | 4.271 (4.321) | 3.789 (3.699) | 3.667 (4.010) | 5.167 (4.890) | NS | |
| Miss | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| CV Mean (SD) |
38.562 (10.315) | 38.983 (8.899) | 40.170 (7.359) | 37.544(6.224) | 44.078 (8.917) | 0.054 | |
| Miss | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Scanning frequency (SD) | 9.857 (3.035) | 9.120 (3.113) | 10.875 (7.129) | 11.538 (4.612) | 7.545 (3.830) | 0.238 | |
| Miss | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
TIR: time in range measured in percentage. TBR: percentage of time below 70 mg/dL. CV: coefficient of variation measured in percentage. SD: standard deviation. NS: Not significant. HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin.