Research Article

[Retracted] The Association between the Parents’ Knowledge of Carbohydrate Counting and the Glycaemic Control of the Children with Type 1 Diabetes

Table 2

Knowledge of carbohydrate counting expressed with categories and its associations.

Mean ± SD
TotalBreakfastLunchDinnerSnacks

Parental age
 Under estimation38.92±5.4438.97±5.7138.23±5.3538.92±5.5140.93±4.48
 Accurate estimation39.00±7.0839.69±5.7938.80±6.5539.80±6.8138.83±5.95
 Over estimation38.44±5.5936.63±6.2039.66±5.4837.00±4.7537.18±7.28

Duration of Diabetes (years)
 Under estimation4.77±1.834.26±3.023.98±3.043.78±2.854.26±3.14
 Accurate estimation2.96±1.853.27±2.253.36±2.493.55±2.233.11±1.31
 Over estimation4.48±1.854.56±2.373.84±2.023.89±3.094.33±1.17

HbA1c Level (%)
 Under estimation8.40±0.988.30±1.058.86±0.988.52±0.848.17±1.24
 Accurate estimation8.06±0.988.39±0.948.11±0.898.16±0.928.16±1.21
 Over estimation8.53±0.908.25±1.038.26±0.938.22±1.078.37±0.82

p<0.01; p<0.05. Values in the same column with the same superscript are significantly different from each other.