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Table 1 Characteristics of the patients

From: Perspectives of patients with type 1 or insulin-treated type 2 diabetes on self-monitoring of blood glucose: a qualitative study

Description

DM 1 (n = 13)

DM 2 (n = 15)

Male

5

8

Age (years)

45 (40-58)

71 (60-76)

Marital status

  

   Married/cohabiting

11

11

   Single

2

4

Education:

  

   Lowa

3

10

   Middleb

8

5

   Highc

2

 

HbA1c (mmol/mol)

57 (55-63)

58 (53-66)

Diabetes duration (years)

19 (13-28)

11 (5-16)

Type of insulin therapy:

  

   1 insulin injection per day

 

7

   2 insulin injections per day

 

3

   4 insulin injections per day

3

5

   insulin pump

10

 

Duration of SMBG (years)

19 (13-24)

8 (4-13)

  1. Data are n or, due to skewed distribution, median (P25, P75)
  2. aLow: primary school, lower secondary general, lower vocational
  3. bMiddle: higher secondary general education, intermediate vocational
  4. cHigh: higher vocational education, university