Research Article
Prevalence of Urinary Tract Infection and Antimicrobial Susceptibility among Diabetic Patients with Controlled and Uncontrolled Glycemia in Kuwait
Table 1
Characteristics of the study subjects with controlled and uncontrolled glycemia.
| | | Controlled glycemic group | Uncontrolled glycemic group |
| | Number of patients | 55 (21.8%) | 197 (78.2%) | | Mean age (years ± SD) | 48 ± 16 | 63 ± 16 | | Type of diabetes | | | | Type 1 | 5 (9%) | 15 (7.6%) | | Type 2 | 50 (91%) | 182 (92.4%) | | Duration of diabetes (years) | 17.26 ± 8.5 | 19.84 ± 8.67 | | HbA1c | 5.4 ± 0.5 | 8.3 ± 1.5 | | Therapy | | | | Insulin (number) | 29 (52.7%) | 117 (59.4) | | Metformin | 27 (49.1%) | 86 (43.7%) | | Glimepiride | 3 (5.5%) | 7 (3.6%) | | Sitagliptin | 4 (7.3%) | 12 (6.1%) |
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