Table 3 Characteristics of insulin and oral antidiabetic medication use among patients, by country
All patients N = 4,341 | China N = 373 | GermanyN = 149 | India N = 918 | Mexico N = 206 | Russia N = 240 | Saudi Arabia N = 226 | USA N = 540 | |
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N (%) | ||||||||
Any insulin regimen together with: | ||||||||
0 oral antidiabetic drugs | 1449 (33) | 203 (54) | 90 (60) | 161 (18) | 120 (58) | 127 (53) | 56 (25) | 149 (28) |
1 oral antidiabetic drug | 1388 (32) | 109 (29) | 41 (28) | 243 (27) | 58 (28) | 69 (29) | 41 (18) | 224 (41) |
2 oral antidiabetic drugs | 977 (23) | 52 (14) | 14 (9) | 282 (31) | 21 (10) | 37 (15) | 78 (35) | 132 (24) |
3 or more oral antidiabetic drugs | 527 (12) | 9 (2) | 4 (3) | 232 (25) | 7 (3) | 7 (3) | 51 (23) | 35 (6) |
Insulin regimen | ||||||||
Basal insulin only | 2234 (51) | 60 (16) | 65 (44) | 252 (27) | 146 (71) | 197 (82) | 140 (62) | 355 (66) |
Basal + short-acting insulin only | 237 (5) | 3 (1) | 6 (4) | 11 (1) | 15 (7) | 13 (5) | 1 (0) | 32 (6) |
Mixed insulin only | 1310 (30) | 249 (67) | 66 (44) | 522 (57) | 34 (17) | 19 (8) | 40 (18) | 93 (17) |
Short-acting insulin only | 175 (4) | 13 (4) | 5 (3) | 43 (5) | 9 (4) | 10 (4) | 0 (0) | 20 (4) |
Other insulin combinations | 385 (9) | 48 (13) | 7 (5) | 90 (10) | 2 (1) | 1 (0) | 45 (20) | 40 (7) |
Insulin injection frequency | ||||||||
Once per day | 2579 (59) | 128 (34) | 80 (54) | 415 (45) | 152 (74) | 161 (67) | 147 (65) | 373 (69) |
Twice per day | 1585 (37) | 220 (59) | 58 (39) | 494 (54) | 51 (25) | 77 (32) | 78 (35) | 144 (27) |
Three times per day | 177 (4) | 25 (7) | 11 (7) | 9 (1) | 3 (2) | 2 (1) | 1 (0) | 23 (4) |
Insulin delivery device | ||||||||
Pen | 3220 (74) | 372 (100) | 141 (95) | 541 (59) | 67 (33) | 220 (93) | 142 (63) | 243 (45) |
Syringe | 1109 (26) | 1 (0) | 8 (5) | 373 (41) | 138 (68) | 17 (7) | 84 (37) | 296 (55) |