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Table 1 Clinical and demographic baseline characteristics of the adolescents

From: Effect of guided self-determination youth intervention integrated into outpatient visits versus treatment as usual on glycemic control and life skills: a randomized clinical trial in adolescents with type 1 diabetes

 

GSD-Y

CONTROL

37

34

n (% females)

22 (62)

21 (60)

Age (years)

14.9 ± 1.5

14.6 ± 1.3

BMI (kg/m2)

22.1 ± 2.9

22.3 ± 4.0

Age at onset of diabetes (years)

8.8 ± 2.9

9.2 ± 3.7

Duration of diabetes (years)

6.1 ± 3.0

5.3 ± 3.4

HbA1c (mmol/mol)

79.9 ± 16.6

72.8 ± 9.4

HbA1c (%)

9.5 ± 3.7

8.8 ± 3.0

SMBG (number per week)

28 ± 14

33 ± 18

Insulin dose (IU per kg per day)

1.2 ± 0.6

1.0 ± 0.5

MIT, n (%)

25 (68)

22 (65)

CSII, n (%)

12 (32)

12 (35)

Living with both parents, n (%)

16 (62)

21 (70)

Ethnicity

  

  Danish, n (%)

31 (84)

25 (74)

  Other, n (%)*

6 (16)

9 (26)

Education

  

  Danish public school (0-10 grades), n (%)

23 (62)

25 (74)

  Secondary education, n (%)**

8 (22)

5 (15)

  Other schools, n (%)***

6 (16)

4 (11)

  1. CSII: continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion; GSD-Y: Guided Self-Determination-Youth group; MIT: multiple insulin injections; SMBG: self-monitored blood glucose. Data are presented as means ± SDs (number of patients (%)).
  2. *Turkey, Somalia, Sweden, France, Russia, Morocco, Afghanistan, Poland, Tunisia, Pakistan.
  3. **Gymnasium, Higher Preparatory Examination (HF), Higher Commercial Examination Program (HHX), Higher Technical Examination Program (HTX).
  4. ***Continuation school.
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