No. who took any drug (%) | 129 (98.5) | 74 (98.7) | 129 (100) | 68 (97.1) | … |
No. who had any follow-up of HbA1c levels (%) | 124 (94.7) | 73 (97.3) | 126 (97.7) | 67 (95.7) | … |
Mean age in years (SD) | 56.6 (9.89) | 55.8 (8.65) | 57.6 (10.84) | 55.3 (8.47) | .492 |
No. of men (%) | 87 (66.4) | 51 (68.0) | 86 (66.7) | 43 (61.4) | .489 |
No. of women (%) | 44 (33.6) | 24 (32.0) | 43 (33.3) | 27 (38.6) | |
Mean age in years at diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (SD) | 49.6 (10.23) | 48.3 (8.35) | 50.3 (10.41) | 46.7 (9.39) | .251 |
Mean duration in years of diabetes mellitus (SD) | 7.4 (5.68) | 7.9 (4.98) | 7.7 (6.54) | 9.2 (6.46) | .436 |
Mean weight in kg (SD) | 89.89 (16.16) | 86.48 (14.65) | 90.78 (16.88) | 87.84 (16.38) | .886 |
Mean body mass index (SD) | 31.38 (4.72) | 30.58 (3.83) | 31.60 (4.62) | 31.24 (4.57) | .639 |
Mean HbA1c level (SD) | 8.63 (1.06) | 8.53 (0.93) | 8.53 (0.96) | 8.53 (0.97) | .624 |
Mean FPG level in mmol/L (SD) | 10.90 (2.96) | 10.21 (2.20) | 10.90 (2.77) | 10.25 (2.54) | .951 |
No. of patients taking metformin alone (%) | 25 (19.08) | 17 (22.67) | 32 (24.81) | 10 (14.29) | .256 |
No. of patients taking secretagogue alone (%) | 30 (22.90) | 9 (12) | 31 (24.03) | 11 (15.71) | .256 |
No. of patients taking metformin and secretagogue (%) | 48 (36.64) | 39 (52) | 42 (32.56) | 43 (61.43) | .256 |
No. of drug-naive patients (%) | 28 (21.37) | 10 (13.33) | 24 (18.60) | 6 (8.57) | .256 |