Table 6 Gender-dependent adherence to diabetes management
From: Sex-specific-differences in cardiometabolic risk in type 1 diabetes: a cross-sectional study
Criteria | Adherence (%) [95% Cl] | |
|---|---|---|
| Â | Men | Women |
| Â | n=123 | n=102 |
High level of adherence to diabetes management | Â | Â |
• Prescribing of insulin | 100 | 100 |
• Test blood glucose themselves | 100 | 100 |
• Patients with a diagnosis of DM of at least 15 months has had two HbA1c measurements taken at least twice within the past 15 months | 92.9 [87.9-98] | 91.4 [85.7-97.1] |
Intermediate/Low level of adherence to diabetes management | Â | Â |
• Achievement of HbA1c<6.5% in patients on insulin | 56.7 [45.2-68.2] | 43.4* [32.8-54.0] |