Integrating Physical Activity Strategies to Lower Hyperglycaemia in Structured Education Programmes for Children and Young People with Type 1 Diabetes Improves Glycaemic Control without Augmenting the Risk of Hypoglycaemia

Table 1

Baseline study population demographics.

Characteristic	Low activity group mean (SD); or; n (%)	Mild activity group mean (SD); or; n (%)	Moderate activity group mean (SD); or; n (%)	p Value
Participants	37 (30%)	43 (34%)	45 (36%)
Age (years)	10.85 (4.15)	13.61 (3.26)	11.07 (2.28)	0.003
Gender
Male	11 (30%)	23 (54%)	19 (42%)	0.035
Female	26 (70%)	20 (46%)	26 (58%)
Duration of diabetes (years)	6.79 (3.67)	7.07 (3.88)	7.04 (3.52)
Baseline HbA1c (mmol/mol)	60.00 (7.01)	59.29 (11.07)	56.68 (6.88)	0.091
Therapy type
Insulin pump	25 (68%)	22 (51%)	28 (62%)	0.209
Multiple daily injections	12 (32%)	21 (49%)	17 (38%)
Ethnicity
White	17 (46%)	20 (47%)	20 (44%)	0.683
Asian	13 (35%)	13 (30%)	14 (31%)
Black	7 (19%)	4 (9%)	4 (9%)
Other	0 (0%)	6 (14%)	7 (16%)
Socio-economic status				<0.001
Most deprived	24 (64%)	12 (28%)	13 (29%)
Second most deprived	7 (19%)	11 (26%)	9 (20%)
Third most deprived	4 (11%)	12 (28%)	16 (36%)
Second least deprived	2 (6%)	3 (7%)	5 (11%)
Least deprived	0 (0%)	5 (11%)	2 (4%)

Bold values signify statistically significant.