Table 1 Number of contacts with the health-care before and after starting insulin treatment

Treatment

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

NPH

2.0 ± 1.8

2.7 ± 2.8

2.2 ± 2.4

3.1 ± 3.7

11.8 ± 15.4

13.9 ± 16.1

IG

2.1 ± 2.4

2.6 ± 3.1

2.3 ± 2.7

2.9 ± 3.3

12.6 ± 14.7

15.0 ± 16.2

ID

1.9 ± 2.1

2.4 ± 2.4

2.1 ± 2.4

2.6 ± 2.6

12.0 ± 13.8

14.2 ± 16.0

PM

2.1 ± 1.9

2.6 ± 2.5

2.4 ± 2.3

3.0 ± 3.3

13.1 ± 15.5

14.8 ± 15.5

p-values

0.003

0.044

0.00004

0.022

0.00002

0.0009