Table 1.

DiRECT characteristics and baseline participant characteristics.

TRIAL CHARACTERISTICS
Design	Open-label, cluster-randomised trial
Location	Primary care practices in Scotland and the Tyneside region of England
Treatments Intervention group Control group	23 practices 26 practices
Study duration	2 years
PARTICIPANT CHARACTERISTICS AT BASELINE
	Intervention group (N=149)	Control group (N=149)
Sex Male Female	83 (56%) 56 (38%)	66 (44%) 93 (62%)
Age (years)	52.9 (7.6)	55.9 (7.3)
BMI (kg/m2)	35.1 (4.5)	34.2 (4.3)
HbA1c (%)	7.7 (1.25)	7.5 (1.05)
Time since diabetes diagnosis (years)	3.0 (1.7)	7.5 (1.05)

Data are mean (SD) and adapted from (4).