Total
(n=5989)
<1
(n=569)
1-<2
(n=2894)
2-<3
(n=2050)
3-<4
(n=371)
>=4
(n=105)
Age (years) 42.9 (16.1)
41.7
(16.0; 89.5)
n=5989
42.6 (16.7)
39.7
(17.3; 87.1)
n=569
43.2 (16.0)
41.7
(16.2; 85.3)
n=2894
44.0 (16.0)
44.1
(16.2; 89.5)
n=2050
37.4 (14.9)
35.7
(16.0; 79.4)
n=371
37.4 (15.3)
34.9
(16.1; 78.4)
n=105
Sex            
Male 3327 (55.6%) 350 (61.5%) 1663 (57.5%) 1082 (52.8%) 179 (48.2%) 53 (50.5%)
Female 2662 (44.4%) 219 (38.5%) 1231 (42.5%) 968 (47.2%) 192 (51.8%) 52 (49.5%)
CSII            
No 4724 (78.9%) 506 (88.9%) 2423 (83.7%) 1506 (73.5%) 223 (60.1%) 66 (62.9%)
Yes 1265 (21.1%) 63 (11.1%) 471 (16.3%) 544 (26.5%) 148 (39.9%) 39 (37.1%)
Diabetes duration (years) 20.9 (14.8)
19.1
(-0.9; 78.4)
n=5636
21.9 (14.7)
20.4
(-0.0; 68.7)
n=502
21.1 (14.6)
19.1
(-0.9; 78.4)
n=2719
21.5 (15.1)
20.2
(-0.9; 69.1)
n=1960
15.9 (14.2)
13.6
(-0.2; 59.1)
n=358
15.8 (15.0)
14.3
(-0.0; 55.2)
n=97
BMI (kg/m2)* 25.3 (12.1)
25.0
(14.0; 806.0)
n=4643
25.0 (4.0)
24.0
(16.0; 43.0)
n=428
25.3 (16.7)
25.0
(14.0; 806.0)
n=2292
25.2 (3.9)
25.0
(15.0; 42.0)
n=1615
25.1 (4.1)
24.0
(15.0; 42.0)
n=253
26.3 (5.4)
26.0
(17.0; 46.0)
n=55
Weight (kg)* 75.7 (14.1)
74.6
(32.0; 150.0)
n=4979
76.3 (15.0)
75.0
(41.5; 148.8)
n=458
75.7 (14.1)
74.5
(32.0; 150.0)
n=2444
75.6 (13.8)
74.7
(43.6; 140.1)
n=1731
74.3 (14.2)
74.0
(44.4; 132.0)
n=280
77.1 (18.0)
75.2
(47.3; 123.0)
n=66
Insulin dose (unit/kg)* 0.63 (0.26)
0.60
(0.00; 5.80)
n=4762
0.66 (0.28)
0.60
(0.00; 2.40)
n=433
0.62 (0.25)
0.60
(0.00; 5.80)
n=2343
0.63 (0.25)
0.60
(0.00; 3.90)
n=1674
0.64 (0.31)
0.60
(0.00; 3.40)
n=257
0.74 (0.31)
0.70
(0.30; 1.70)
n=55
For categorical variables n (%) is presented. For continuous variables Mean (SD) / Median / (Min; Max) / n= is presented.
* Missing values are imputed by using last observation carry forward (LOCF) in case patient existed in DiabBase before 2005.
Table 1a: Patient characteristics at first visit during years 2005 and 2009 in DiabBase in total and in relation to the number of mean number of annual HbA1c measurements performed during same period.