Figure 1.
Patient exclusions flow chart.
The figure shows the process for arriving at the final sample size. After all exclusion criteria were applied, a final study population of 228,846 patients with diabetes who had a prescription for oral anti-glycemic medications and an HbA1c test performed was yielded.
Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics according to glucose control.
Table 2.
Multivariable Regression Analysis for Poor Glycemic Control (HbA1c>75 mmol/mol [9.0%]).
Figure 2.
Percent of study population with poor adherence and poor control by disease duration and age.
Figure 2a shows that there is a positive correlation between the duration of having diabetes, and the level of poor control over the disease. In other words, the longer a patient has diabetes, the poorer his control may be. Furthermore, as the duration of having diabetes increases, poor adherence to medication decreases; so medication adherence is stronger among those who have had diabetes longer. Figure 2b demonstrates that as the age group of patients with diabetes increases, both poor control of the disease and poor medication adherence decreases. In other words, control and adherence are stronger among the older age groups.