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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of AdDIT participants presented overall and by country

From: Socioeconomic representativeness of Australian, Canadian and British cohorts from the paediatric diabetes AdDIT study: comparisons to regional and national data

Baseline characteristics

Units

Overall

AdDIT International

P

Australia

Canada

UK

N

-

629

144

312

173

 < 0.0001

Demographics

 Age

Years

14.1 ± 1.6

13.8 ± 1.5

14.3 ± 1.6

13.8 ± 1.6

0.004

 Sex

% Female

46.8%

54.9%

47.1%

39.5%

0.025

% Male

53.2%

45.1%

52.9%

60.5%

 Diabetes duration

years

6.4 ± 3.2

6.1 ± 2.7

6.6 ± 3.4

6.5 ± 3.3

0.265

 Ethnicity

% White

78.6%

93.8%

59.3%

95.4%

 < 0.0001

% Black

2.8%

0.0%

6.7%

0.6%

% South Asian

4.7%

1.4%

8.3%

1.2%

% Chinese

3.0%

0.0%

6.7%

0.0%

% Aboriginal

0.4%

0.7%

0.3%

0.0%

% Other

10.6%

4.2%

18.6%

2.9%

Diabetes management

 Insulin regimen

% MDI

45.9%

63.2%

43.9%

64.9%

 < 0.0001

% CSII

54.1%

36.8%

56.1%

35.1%

 HbA1c

%

8.5 ± 1.3

8.6 ± 1.3

8.4 ± 1.3

8.4 ± 1.4

0.459

mmol/mol

69.2 ± 14.5

70.4 ± 14.6

69.2 ± 14.0

68.2 ± 15.7

 ACR

mmol/L

1.54 ± 1.14

2.07 ± 1.25

1.53 ± 1.21

1.11 ± 0.61

 < 0.0001

  1. Continuous variables are presented as mean ± SD, while categorical variables are presented as percentages (%)