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Table 2 Treatment patterns by region and country

From: Challenges associated with insulin therapy progression among patients with type 2 diabetes: Latin American MOSAIc study baseline data

 

All Mosaic cohort

LA

Non-LA countries

p

Argentina

Brazil

México

p

Freq of insulin injections/day mean

1.63 (0.68)

1.80 (0.68)

1.60 (0.67)

<0.0001

1.99 (0.76)

1.73 (0.73)

1.69 (0.54)

<0.0001

Insulin regimen

 Basal insulin only

  Overall, n (%)

2168 (49.9 %)

365 (70.1 %)

1803 (47.2 %)

<0.0001

103 (64.4 %)

116 (74.8 %)

146 (70.9 %)

<0.0001

  Once, n (%)

1656 (76.4 %)

152 (41.6 %)

1504 (83.4 %)

37 (35.9 %)

52 (44.8 %)

63 (43.2 %)

  More than once, n (%)

512 (23.6 %)

213 (58.4 %)

299 (16.6 %)

66 (64.1 %)

64 (55.2 %)

83 (56.8 %)

 Mixed insulin only

 

  Overall, n (%)

1284 (29.6 %)

70 (13.4 %)

1214 (31.8 %)

36 (22.5 %)

0 (0.0 %)

34 (16.5 %)

  Once, n (%)

112 (8.7 %)

4 (5.7 %)

108 (8.9 %)

1 (2.8 %)

0 (0.0 %)

3 (8.8 %)

  More than once, n (%)

1172 (91.3 %)

66 (94.3 %)

1106 (91.1 %)

35 (97.2 %)

0 (0.0 %)

31 (91.2 %)

 Short acting only

 

  Overall, n (%)

170 (3.9 %)

11 (2.1 %)

159 (4.2 %)

1 (0.6 %)

1 (0.6 %)

9 (4.4 %)

  Once, n (%)

37 (21.8 %)

2 (18.2 %)

35 (22.0 %)

1 (100.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1 (11.1 %)

  More than once, n (%)

133 (78.2 %)

9 (81.8 %)

124 (78.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1 (100.0 %)

8 (88.9 %)

 Other insulin combinations

 

  Overall, n (%)

597 (13.8 %)

64 (12.3 %)

533 (14.0 %)

20 (12.5 %)

27 (17.4 %)

17 (8.3 %)

  Once, n (%)

172 (28.8 %)

14 (21.9 %)

158 (29.6 %)

2 (10.0 %)

9 (33.3 %)

3 (17.6 %)

  More than once, n (%)

425 (71.2 %)

50 (78.1 %)

375 (70.4)

18 (90.0 %)

18 (66.7 %)

14 (82.4 %)

Other antidiabetic medication

 No. of OADs, mean (SD)

1.22 (1.09)

0.84 (0.88)

1.27 (1.10)

<0.0001

0.66 (0.68)

1.33 (0.91)

0.61 (0.84)

<0.0001

 Metformin, n (%)

2437 (56.1 %)

280 (53.7 %)

2157 (56.5 %)

0.2400

82 (51.3 %)

122 (78.7 %)

76 (36.9 %)

<0.0001

 Sulfonylurea, n (%)

1389 (32.0 %)

92 (17.7 %)

1297 (34.0 %)

<0.0001

13 (8.1 %)

55 (35.5 %)

24 (11.7 %)

<0.0001

 Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor, n (%)

538 (12.4 %)

38 (7.3 %)

500 (13.1 %)

0.0002

2 (1.3 %)

20 (12.9 %)

16 (7.8 %)

0.0003

 Alpha-glucosidase inhibitor, n (%)

321 (7.4 %)

7 (1.3 %)

314 (8.2 %)

<0.0001

1 (0.6 %)

2 (1.3 %)

4 (1.9 %)

0.5536

 GLP-1, n (%)

143 (3.3 %)

5 (1.0 %)

138 (3.6 %)

0.0015

2 (1.3 %)

2 (1.3 %)

1 (0.5 %)

0.6678

 Other drug, n (%)

443 (10.2 %)

14 (2.7 %)

429 (11.2 %)

<0.0001

5 (3.1 %)

5 (3.2 %)

4 (1.9 %)

0.6952

  1. GLP1 Glucagon-like peptide-1, LA Latin America, OADs oral antidiabetic drugs, SD standard deviation