Demographic and medical characteristics of the study population*
| Demographics | Baseline | 3 months | P values change from baseline to 3 months | 6 months | P values change from baseline to 6 months |
| N | 162 | ||||
| Gender | |||||
| Men | 87 (53.70%) | ||||
| Women | 75 (46.30%) | ||||
| Age (years) | 65.54 (9.05) | ||||
| Level of education | |||||
| Low | 81 (57.10%) | ||||
| Average | 39 (27.50%) | ||||
| High | 22 (15.50%) | ||||
| Diabetes duration (years) | 15.14 (6.65) | ||||
| BMI | 33.58 (6.09) | 33.87 (6.17) | 33.74 (6.11) | ||
| Total number of currently ongoing complications and/or comorbidities | |||||
| 0 | 53 (34.20%) | ||||
| 1 | 44 (28.40%) | ||||
| 2 | 37 (23.90%) | ||||
| 3 or more | 21 (13.50%) | ||||
| HbA1c (%) | 7.87 (1.15) | 7.70 (1.03) | 0.072 | 7.67 (1.11) | 0.020 |
| HbA1c (mmol/mol) | 62.48 (12.61) | 60.63 (11.29) | 0.072 | 60.32 (12.09) | 0.020 |
| Self-reported symptomatic hypoglycemia, n (%) | |||||
| 0 episode | 111 (68.50) | 118 (79.20) | 0.026 | 109 (75.20) | 0.176 |
| 1 or more episodes | 51 (31.50) | 31 (20.80) | 36 (24.80) | ||
| Self-reported nocturnal hypoglycemia, n (%) | |||||
| 0 episode | 151 (93.20) | 144 (96.60) | 0.351 | 139 (95.90) | 0.472 |
| 1 or more episodes | 11 (6.80) | 5 (3.40) | 6 (4.10) | ||
| Self-reported severe hypoglycemia, n (%) | |||||
| 0 episode | 154 (95.10) | 149 (100) | 0.198 | 145 (100) | 0.202 |
| 1 or more episodes | 8 (4.90) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
*For dichotomous or categorical variables the absolute numbers by subgroups and the valid percentages relative to the study population without missing values for the regarding variables are displayed. For normally distributed variables the mean and standard deviation are shown. For skewed variables the median and the 25th and 75th percentile are shown
BMI, body mass index; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c.