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Table 2 Types of insulin therapy according to geographic region

From: Regional differences in clinical care among patients with type 1 diabetes in Brazil: Brazilian Type 1 Diabetes Study Group

 

Insulin Monotherapy *

  

Type of insulin monotherapy

Southeast

South

Northeast/North

Mid-west

NPH

152 (96.8)

41 (83.7)

275 (94.5)

54 (87.1)

Glargine or Detemir

5 (3.2)

8 (16.3)

16 (5.5)

8 (12.9)

 

Combined Insulin Therapy**

  

Type of combination of insulin therapy

Southeast

South

Northeast/North

Mid-west

NPH plus Regular

573 (46.2)

357 (46.9)

677 (82.7)

79 (47.0)

NPH plus Lispro

271 (21.8)

194 (25.5)

12 (1.5)

11 (6.5)

NPH plus Aspart

91 (7.3)

38 (5.0)

13 (1.6)

4 (2.4)

NPH plus Glulisine

6 (0.5)

4 (0.5)

7 (0.9)

5 (3)

Glargine plus regular

16 (1.3)

12 (1.6)

10 (1.2)

1 (0.6)

Glargine plus Lispro

158 (12.7)

71 (9.3)

25 (3.1)

48 (28.6)

Glargine plus Aspart

57 (4.6)

67 (8.8)

32 (3.9)

6 (3.6)

Glargine plus Glulisine

2 (0.2)

3 (0.4)

3 (0.4)

13 (7.7)

Detemir plus regular

4 (0.3)

-

5 (0.6)

-

Detemir plus Lispro

25 (2)

3 (0.4)

9 (1.1)

1 (0.6)

Detemir plus Aspart

37 (3)

12 (1.6)

24 (2.9)

-

Detemir plus Glulisine

1 (0.1)

-

2 (0.2)

-

  1. The data are presented as n (%); * /** p<0.001 for comparisons among the groups.