Ethnic group | ||||||||
Characteristics N (%) | White 164 (37) | Mixed ethnicity 37 (8) | Black 60 (14) | African-Somali 39 (9) | Bangladeshi 45 (10) | Asian-Other 98 (22) | Total 443 (100) | p Value* |
Girls (%) | 46 | 38 | 47 | 54 | 64 | 55 | 50 | 0.14 |
Age at diagnosis (years) | 9.1 (4.5) | 7.7 (4.0) | 9.2 (3.9) | 7.7 (4.2) | 9.3 (4.2) | 9.1 (4.6) | 8.9 (4.4) | 0.2 |
Glycated Hemoglobin (HbA1c) at diagnosis (mmol/mol)† | 92.1 (20.8) | 88.8 (22.1) | 95.2 (25.4) | 91.8 (21.6) | 99.9 (24.1) | 93.2 (32.5) | 93.7 (24.1) | 0.62 |
HbA1c at 6 months (mmol/mol)‡ | 58.9 (14.1) | 60.8 (14.7) | 68.1 (26.1) | 64.7 (16.9) | 61.2 (19.5) | 60.4 (17.9) | 61.3 (17.9) | 0.15 |
Mean difference in HbA1c between diagnosis and 6 months (mmol/mol) | 33.2 | 28 | 27.1 | 27.1 | 38.7 | 32.8 | 32.4 | |
pH at diagnosis§ | 7.58 (0.173) | 7.271 (0.146) | 7.270 (0.152) | 7.311 (0.150) | 7.296 (0.154) | 7.272 (0.163) | 7.272 (0.161) | 0.68 |
Diabetic ketoacidosis at diagnosis, pH<7.3 (%)§ | 44 | 50 | 40 | 36 | 30 | 40 | 41 | 0.62 |
Index of multiple deprivation score | 10 537 (7303) | 5973 (3588) | 6166 (3953) | 5035 (2911) | 6855 (5324) | 8665 (5178) | 8291 (6029) | <0.001 |
Proportion in lowest quartile | 18 | 38 | 38 | 49 | 36 | 20 | 28 | <0.001 |
Number of clinic visits | 2.6 (1.3) | 2.8 (1.6) | 2.7 (1.5) | 2.5 (1.3) | 2.6 (1.3) | 2.9 (1.7) | 2.7 (1.5) | 0.11 |
*Test for difference in means or proportions.
†Two hundred and two HbA1c values recorded during the first 1 month postdiagnosis.
‡Two hundred and eighty-five HbA1c values recorded between the fifth and sixth months postdiagnosis.
§Smaller sample, n=338.