Research Article
Association between Glycemic Control and Clinic Attendance in Emerging Adults with Type 1 Diabetes: A Tertiary Center Experience
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of emerging adults with type 1 diabetes stratified by the attainment of treatment targets.
| | HbA1c, % (mmol/mol) | ≤7 (53) | >7 (53) | |
| | Patients, (%) | 74 (28.4) | 187 (71.6) | | | Current age, median (IQR), years | 23.9 (21.4, 27.1) | 22.5 (20.5, 25.2) | 0.006 | | Gender, (%) | | Male gender | 50/142 (35.2) | 92/142 (64.8) | 0.007 | | Female gender | 24/119 (20.2) | 95/119 (79.8) | | Ethnicity, (%) | | Jewish | 71/245 (29.0) | 174/245 (71.0) | 0.191 | | Arab | 2/15 (13.3) | 13/15 (86.7) | | Employment, (%) | | Unemployed | 1 (1.4) | 9 (4.8) | 0.129 | | Military/national service | 8 (10.8) | 34 (18.2) | | Student | 30 (40.5) | 79 (42.2) | | Employed | 35 (47.3) | 65 (34.8) | | Adult education, (%) | | Elementary | 1 (1.4) | 2 (1.1) | 0.017 | | High school | 49 (66.2) | 154 (82.8) | | University | 24 (32.4) | 31 (16.6) | | Distance from clinic, median (IQR), km | 15.5 (8, 37) | 20 (10, 41) | 0.132 |
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Data presented as median and interquartile range (IQR), number ( ), and percentage (%). HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin. was considered significant. |
