[Treatment and blood sugar analysis of 1,200 diabetic patients at a diabetes clinic]
(1997) Acta Clinica Belgica (Multilingual Edition) — Vol. 52, n° 4, p. 211-218 (1997)
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- We have studied the characteristics of insulin therapy and home blood glucose monitoring of 1.200 diabetic patients (590 males, 610 females), mainly type I adults (age: 43 +/- 19 years, mean +/- 1 SD), attending a licensed diabetes center in Belgium which benefits from a National Health Service convention system for providing education and home blood glucose monitoring kits and disposables to diabetic subjects. 50% of these patients were treated with 2 daily insulin injections, while 22% were treated with 3 and 24% with 4 daily injections. 4% of the subjects were treated with a continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion. Patients treated with four daily injections were younger than those treated with other insulin schemes (p < 0.001). Home blood glucose monitoring strip consumption was 2.2 patient(-1) day(-1). The mean HbA(1C) level was 8.63 +/- 1.55% [8.54 +/- 1.46 in males and 8.72 +/- 1.62% in females (NS)]. Ill more than one third of the subjects treated with injections, HbA(1C) was lower than 8%. HbA(1C) was also below 8% hi 50% of patients using 1100-1200 strips year(-1).
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Buysschaert, M., Maes, M., & Hermans, MP. (1997). [Treatment and blood sugar analysis of 1,200 diabetic patients at a diabetes clinic]. Acta Clinica Belgica (Multilingual Edition), 52(4), 211-218. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/42985 (Original work published 1997)