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Table 2 Comparing Hemoglobin A1C values before and during the quarantine by patient characteristics and significance of change

From: Effect of Covid-19 quarantine on diabetes Care in Children

  

Hemoglobin A1c

Before quarantine

May 2019–April 2020

Hemoglobin A1c

During quarantine

May–July 2020

Change in Hemoglobin A1c

from before to during quarantine

N

Mean

SD

p

Mean

SD

p

Mean

SD

p

Sex

   

0.4959

  

0.9976

  

0.4346

 Female

107

9.15

1.56

 

9.48

2.11

 

+ 0.33

1.63

 

 Male

131

9.30

1.83

 

9.48

1.97

 

+ 0.18

1.25

 

Pump or Multiple Daily Injections (MDI)

   

0.0003

  

0.0006

  

0.5527

 Pump

106

8.81

1.37

 

8.99

1.75

 

+ 0.18

1.26

 

 MDI

132

9.58

1.876

 

9.87

2.16

 

+ 0.29

1.57

 

Insurance

   

< 0.0001

  

< 0.0001

  

0.0137

 Medicaid

111

9.77

1.78

 

10.26

2.07

 

+ 0.49

1.56

 

 Private

127

8.77

1.51

 

8.80

1.73

 

+ 0.03

1.29

 

Type of Diabetes

   

0.8398

  

0.7857

  

0.8946

 1

227

9.23

1.69

 

9.46

1.98

 

+ 0.23

1.32

 

 2

10

9.37

2.15

 

9.74

3.15

 

+ 0.37

3.20

 

Race

   

< 0.0001

  

< 0.0001

  

0.7277

 Black

81

10.08

2.02

 

10.36

2.24

 

+ 0.28

1.70

 

 White

146

8.81

1.32

 

9.02

1.75

 

+ 0.21

1.25