Figure 1

HbA1c in relation to (A) age, (B) duration of diabetes, (C) glucose self-monitoring and (D) socioeconomic level. There is a tendency towards higher HbA1c values with age (p = 0.065). HbA1c values correlate with the duration of diabetes (p = 0.025). HbA1c does not correlate with the number of blood glucose self-measurements (p = 0.173) but correlates with the socioeconomic level (p = 0.032). Data are given as boxplots and were statistically analyzed by Kruskal-Wallis tests with a significance level of p ≤ 0.05.