Research Article

Real-World Glycemic Improvements with Hybrid Closed Loop Pumps in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes

Table 1

Baseline characteristics at last visit before Control IQ.

VariableNonminority (n = 115)Minority (n = 21)p-Value

Male, number (%)56 (49%)12 (57%)0.48a
Age (y), median (Q1–Q3)13.3 (9.9–15.5)13.3 (11.7–16.4)0.48b
Insurance (public), number (%)15 (13%)11 (52%)0.0002c
BMI, mean (SD)20.6 (4.3)22.1 (5.3)0.25d
BMI Z-score, mean (SD)0.54 (0.8)0.66 (1.0)0.55d
Duration of diabetes (y), median (Q1–Q3)5 (1.7–8)4.7 (3.1–7.7)0.62b
Age at diagnosis, mean (SD)7.5 (3.9)7.5 (3.5)0.98d
HbA1c % at diagnosis, median (Q1–Q3), NM n = 98, M n = 1611.6 (9.9–12.8)10.9 (9.4–12.5)0.33b
DKA at diagnosis, number (%), NM n = 107, M n = 1854 (50%)8 (44%)0.64a
HbA1c %, median (Q1–Q3)7.8 (6.9–8.8)9.6 (8.3–10.5)0.0004b
Insulin regimen
 MDI use, number (%)21 (18%)8 (38%)0.0774c
 Insulin pump use, number (%)94 (82%)13 (62%)0.08c
 T:slim pump (%)81 (70%)12 (57%)0.23a
CGM data
 CGM use, number (%), NM n = 114110 (96%)17 (81%)0.0204c
 Percentage time CGM active, median (Q1–Q3), NM n = 43, M n = 693 (83.3–97.3)94.9 (76.5–98.2)0.65b
 Average CGM glucose, mean (SD), NM n = 98, M n = 10193.1 (43.6)200.9 (50.7)0.59d
 CGM % TBR2, median (Q1–Q3), NM n = 71, M n = 80 (0–1)0 (0–0.5)0.46b
 CGM % TBR1 median (Q1–Q3), NM n = 82, M n = 101 (0–3)1.5 (1–3)0.18b
 CGM % time in range, median (Q1–Q3), NM n = 88, M n = 1045 (27–65)49.5 (25–58)0.96b
 CGM % TAR1, median (Q1–Q3), NM n = 86, M n = 928 (19–37)23 (19–31)0.48b
 CGM % TAR2, median (Q1–Q3), NM n = 72, M n = 825 (9–37)28 (14–55)0.39b

aχ2 test; bWilcoxon rank-sum test; cFisher’s exact test; dIndependent two-sample t test.