Glycemic control of adult patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus in Arabian Gulf Countries; PREDICT

BMC Endocrine Disorders

Table 5 Variables associated with adequate glycemic control (HbA1c < 7%) in patients eligible for secondary analyses

Patient characteristics	Adequate Glycemic Control (HbA1c < 7%) (n = 66)			Inadequate Glycemic Control (HbA1c ≥ 7%) (n = 175)			P-value
Patient characteristics	Valid n =	Count/ Mean	% / SD	Valid n =	Count/ Mean	% / SD	P-value
Demographics and patients’ characteristics at the study visit
Age – yr	66	34.1	8.5	175	31.4	9.5	0.046 ^a
Female gender	66	28	42.4%	175	88	50.3%	0.276 ^b
Health insurance present	66	53	80.3%	175	129	73.7%	0.289 ^b
BMI - Kg/m²	64	25.2	3.2	173	26.7	5.4	0.009 ^a
Duration of Diabetes – yr	63	15.4	10.4	169	14.4	8.43	0.491 ^a
Comorbidities present	66	34	51.5%	175	76	43.4%	0.261 ^b
Incidence rates of symptomatic hypoglycemia in the last 2 months
Probable Hypoglycemia	66	34	51.5%	175	64	36.6%	0.035 ^b
Documented Hypoglycemia	66	26	39.4%	175	48	27.4%	0.073 ^b
At time of diagnosis
Age at Onset – yr	63	19.1	10.7	169	17.1	8.3	0.172 ^a
HbA1c - %	13	9.6	2.2	27	11.1	2.0	0.037 ^a
Body weight – Kg	35	57.1	16.3	83	54.0	19.4	0.415 ^a

^a Student t-test used to compare between subgroups among metric variables. ^b Chi-square test used to compare between subgroups among categorical variables. ^c Mann-Whitney U test used to compare between subgroups among non-parametric variables

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