Profile characteristics (all subjects n = 115).
| Age (years) | |
| Mean | 65±11.11 |
| Range | 35–88 |
| Sex | |
| Male | 67 (58.3%) |
| Female | 48 (41.7%) |
| Management | |
| Diet only | 31 (27%) |
| Tablets | 64 (55.7%) |
| Insulin | 20 (17.4%) |
| Home testing | 47 (40.9%) |
| Strips/month (users) | 30.8±41.24 |
| Time diagnosed (years) | 5.87±6.01 |
| Comorbidity | |
| Vascular disease | 33 (28.7%) |
| Hypertension | 41 (35.7%) |
| On β-blockers | 32 (27.8%) |
| On ACE inhibitors | 51 (44.3%) |
| On statins | 53 (46.1%) |
| Blood glucose | |
| HbA1C, average 2 years (range) | 7.93±1.42 (5.6–12.2) |
| HbA1C, last (range) | 8.04±1.54 (5.8–13.2) |
| Fasting/random blood glucose | |
| Fasting | 78 (67.8%) |
| Random | 37 (32.2%) |