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. 2022 Apr 13;24(4):241–248. doi: 10.1089/dia.2021.0362

Table 1.

Discontinuer Sample Characteristics and Comparisons with Continuers Sample

  Discontinuers (n = 46) Continuers (n = 828) P
Age 35.09 (16.36) 27.26 (17.36) 0.003
Adult (age 18+) 37 (80.4%) 492 (59.4%) 0.005
Gender
 Male 15 (45.4%) 375 (46.1%) 0.176
 Female 33 (67.4%) 443 (53.5%)  
 Nonbinary 0 (0%) 3 (0.4%)  
 White race/ethnicity (n = 859) 42 (93.3%) 765 (94.0%) 0.859
 Education (graduate level; n = 873) 20 (43.5%) 371 (44.9%) 0.854
 Income ($100,000+; n = 800) 28 (65.1%) 546 (72.1%) 0.321
 Private insurance 41 (89.1%) 750 (90.6%) 0.744
 Age at diabetes diagnosis 14.29 (11.55) 11.68 (9.79) 0.138
 Percentage TIR (n = 761) 71.39% (16.19) 70.18% (16.59) 0.649
 A1c (n = 519) 6.58 (0.803) 6.68 (0.946) 0.490
Psychosocial measures
 Diabetes distress (DDS4; n = 522) 1.83 (0.88) 1.91 (0.94) 0.624
 Hypoglycemia fear: adult 18.76 (11.15) 17.96 (10.82) 0.665
 Hypoglycemia fear: parent 26.67 (11.96) 26.07 (10.94) 0.873
 Hypoglycemia fear: child 18.00 (6.24) 18.04 (9.77) 0.992
 Technology attitudes (n = 522) 20.22 (2.48) 20.20 (3.08) 0.971
Loop-specific measures
 New Loop user 27 (58.7%) 570 (68.8%) 0.150
 Hard to start Loop (1 = easy, 5 = hard; n = 787) 2.54 (1.20) 2.54 (1.05) 0.933
 Need help starting Loop (yes/no; n = 787) 21 (46.7%) 274 (36.9%) 0.190
 Trust Loop (yes/no; n = 787) 39 (86.7%) 715 (96.4%) 0.002
 No. of weeks to trust Loop (n = 738) 1.89 (1.67) 2.34 (2.398) 0.263

N = 874 for full sample. All measures are captured at baseline.

DDS4, 4-item diabetes distress scale; TIR, time-in-range.