Detemir | Glargine | P-value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | (%) | N | (%) | (χ2-test) | |
Total | 251 | 47% | 285 | 53% | |
Patient Characteristics | |||||
Female | 101 | 40% | 130 | 46% | 0.2099 |
Male | 150 | 60% | 155 | 54% | |
Mean age | 61 | 60 | 0.7123 | ||
<50 years | 49 | 20% | 63 | 22% | 0.4629 |
≥50 years and <60 years | 96 | 38% | 103 | 36% | 0.6145 |
≥65 years | 106 | 42% | 119 | 42% | 0.9112 |
Mean weight (kilos) | 86 | 87 | 0.2044 | ||
Mea height (cm) | 172 | 172 | 0.4055 | ||
Mean BMI (kilos/m2) | 29.1 | 29.8 | 0.3587 | ||
HbA1c value (%) | 8.0 (63.9 mmol/mol) | 8.2 (66.1 mmol/mol) | 0.5602 | ||
Mean number of years on antdiabetic medication | 11 | 10 | 0.068 | ||
Mean number of years on Determir/Glargine | 2.1 | 2.2 | 0.2672 | ||
Geography | |||||
North Denmark Region | 22 | 9% | 26 | 9% | 0.8849 |
Central Denmark Region | 63 | 25% | 32 | 11% | 0.0000 |
Southern Denmark Region | 66 | 26% | 85 | 30% | 0.3647 |
Region Sealand | 43 | 17% | 44 | 15% | 0.5959 |
Capital region of Denmark | 57 | 23% | 98 | 34% | 0.0029 |
Prescriber | |||||
GP | 179 | 71% | 159 | 56% | 0.0002 |
Specialist | 72 | 29% | 126 | 44% | |
Concomitant insulin use | |||||
At least one product | 110 | 44% | 114 | 40% | 0.3703 |
NovoRapid | 79 | 31% | 82 | 29% | 0.4959 |
Actrapid | 16 | 6% | 4 | 1% | 0.0024 |
Insuman Rapid | 0 | 0% | 4 | 1% | 0.0596 |
Aprida | 0 | 0% | 3 | 1% | 0.1031 |
Other insulin | 18 | 7% | 22 | 8% | 0.8096 |
Non-insulin antdiabetic medication | |||||
At least one product | 159 | 63% | 188 | 66% | 0.5267 |
Biguanides | 146 | 58% | 173 | 61% | 0.5509 |
Sulfonomides | 15 | 6% | 16 | 6% | 0.8578 |
Glitazoner (TZD) and combinations | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | |
DPP-IV inhibitors and combinations | 8 | 3% | 4 | 1% | 0.1637 |
Victoza | 26 | 10% | 41 | 14% | 0.1595 |
Byetta | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 0.3476 |