Psychosocial family factors and glycemic control among children aged 1-15 years with type 1 diabetes: a population-based survey

Table 3 Bivariate and multiple linear regression analysis of frequency of blood glucose measurement and child-related control variables associated with HbA_1c among children (n = 115) with type 1 diabetes

	HbA_1c
	Bivariate regression		Multiple regression*
	Regression coefficient	P	Regression coefficient	P
Blood glucose measurement per day
4-6 times versus ≤ 3 times	-0.44	0.155	-0.17	0.586
≥ 7 times versus ≤ 3 times	-0.79	0.019^†	-0.28	0.403
Problematic hypoglycemia in the past year
1-2 episodes versus 0 episodes	0.07	0.793	-0.07	0.774
3-6 episodes versus 0 episodes	0.04	0.896	0.22	0.403
≥ 7 episodes versus 0 episodes	-0.12	0.662	-0.02	0.936
Age	0.13	< 0.001^†	0.12	< 0.001^†
Duration of diabetes	0.11	0.001^†	0.01	0.775
Insulin pump - yes versus no	0.41	0.033^†	0.32	0.109
Comorbid disease - yes versus no	0.23	0.292	0.21	0.329

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