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Table 3 Multivariate regression models of daily dose of long-acting insulin analogue DET and GLAR (U/kg)

From: Insulin analogues dosing and costs - comparing real-life daily doses of insulin detemir and insulin glargine in type 2 diabetes patients

 

Model 1 (N-485, Adj R2 = 0.7636)

Model 2 (N-458, Adj R2 = 0.7699)

 

Coefficient

P-value (t-test)

Coefficient

P-value (t-test)

Long-acting insulin analogue used (DET = 0, GLAR = 1)

−0.0010

0.9609

0.0009

0.9687

Patient characteristics

Gender

  

0.0522

0.0884

Age

0.0026

<.0001

0.0019

0.0375*

Height

  

−0.0031

0.0905

BMI

0.0082

<.0001

0.0021

0.0003*

HbA1c value

  

0.0081

0.6428

Number of years on antidiabetic modification

  

0.0014

0.7045

Number of years on DET or GLAR

  

0.0067

0.0858

Geography

North Denmark Region

  

0.5190

0.1194

Central Denmark Region

  

0.6017

0.0705

Southern Denmark Region

  

0.5495

0.0986

Region Sealand

  

0.4502

0.1766

Capital region of Denmark

  

0.5674

0.0860

Prescriber (GP = ,specialist)

  

0.0272

0.1806

Concomitant insulin use (none = 0, at least one other product = 1)

  

0.0259

0.3303

Non-insulin antidiabetic medication (none = 0, at least one other product = 1)

0.0295

0.2177

0.0278

0.0210*