Parameter

All patients

Insulin naïve

Insulin users

N (%)

509 (100)

392 (77)

117 (23)

Gender (male/female)

53.6/46.4

55.6/44.4

47.0/53.0

Age^*, years

55.8 (10.9)

55.7 (10.3)

56.0 (12.8)

Body weight^*, kg

82.2 (15.9)

81.3 (15.7)

84.8 (16.5)

Body mass index^*, kg/m²

28.8 (5.2)

28.3 (4.9)

30.4 (5.9)

Duration of diabetes^*, years

9.4 (5.1)

9.0 (4.8)

10.7 (5.7)

Time to insulin initiation^*, years

8.7 (4.9)

9.1 (4.9)

7.6 (4.9)

Duration on OGLDs^*, years

8.9 (4.7)

8.9 (4.6)

8.9 (5.0)

Duration on insulin^*, years

1.0 (2.6)

0.3 (1.6)^†

3.3 (3.7)

HbA_1c^*, %

9.8 (1.4)

9.9 (1.3)

9.1 (1.4)

OGLDs, n (%)

Metformin

338 (98.0)

279 (97.6)

59 (100)

Sulfonylurea

66 (19.1)

62 (21.7)

4 (6.8)

Thiazolidinediones

20 (5.8)

20 (7.0)

0 (0)

One

Two

>Two

269 (78.0)

57 (16.5)

19 (5.5)

214 (74.8)

53 (18.5)

19 (6.6)

55 (93.2)

4 (6.8)

0 (0)