Table 1 Patient characteristics
From: Development and validation of fear of hypoglycemia screener: results from the T1D exchange registry
Variables | Number of patients | Mean (SD) or percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age, years | 592 | 43.1 (15.3) |
Duration of T1D, years | 592 | 24.1 (15) |
Self-reported HbA1c, % | 592 | 7.1 (1.2) |
Female, % | 395 | 66.7% |
Race, % | ||
American Indian/Alaskan Native | 6 | 1.0% |
Asian | 13 | 2.2% |
Black or African American | 24 | 4.1% |
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 2 | 0.3% |
Other | 20 | 3.4% |
White | 542 | 91.6% |
Hispanic or Latino | 31 | 5.2% |
Insulin pump users, % | 305 | 51.5% |
Blood glucose monitoring, % | ||
BGM only | 155 | 26.2% |
CGM user | 424 | 71.6% |
Potentially impaired hypo awareness (score > = 4) | ||
Aware of hypo (1–3) | 394 | 66.6% |
Impaired awareness (4–7) | 198 | 33.4% |
Severe low blood sugar in the past 12 months | 178 | 30.1% |
Health insurance, % | ||
Private insurance | 446 | 75.3% |
Public insurance | 129 | 21.8% |
No insurance | 10 | 1.7% |
Don’t know/do not wish to answer | 7 | 1.2% |
Blood sugar levels to begin treating a low | 591 | 71.1 (10) |
Most recent severe low blood sugar occurrence | ||
Less than 1 year ago | 182 | 30.7% |
1–2 years ago | 60 | 10.1% |
2–5 years ago | 57 | 9.6% |
More than 5 years ago | 117 | 19.8% |