Results
Of 1,350 individuals at 30 nursing homes, 218 patients (137
women, 81 men) were identified with diabetes mellitus
(16.1%) (Table 1). Their mean BMI was 26.3 ± 5.7 kg/m2
, and
mean age was 84.6 ± 8.0 years. Seven patients had T1DM, and
211 patients had T2DM. Mean HbA1c was 56.0 ± 1.2 mmol/mol
(data missing for 18 patients), and average diabetes duration
was 11.2 ± 9.4 years. The diabetes duration in the different
HbA1c groups was 8.6 ± 1.4, 13.0 ± 11.0, and 16.8 ± 10.7 years,
respectively. Longer diabetes duration was correlated with
higher HbA1c, (P ¼ 0.006) (Figure 2). The creatinine clearance
value was 53.9 ± 26.9 mL/min.
Eighty-two patients (37.6%) were on diet treatment, 60
patients (27.5%) were on OADs, 44 patients (20.6%) had