Table 2 Children’s medical variables and parents background characteristics at diagnosis in hospital based care and HBHC
Hospital-based care | HBHC | |
|---|---|---|
Children’s medical variables at diagnosis | n = 30 | n = 30 |
Boys/Girls, n | 16/14 | 20/10 |
Age at diagnosis, mean (SD) | 8.6 (3.8) | 8.8 (3.7) |
pH at diagnosis, mean (SD) | 7.35 (0.08) | 7.35 (0.11) |
HbA1c (mmol/mol), mean (SD) | 87.3 (28.7) | 85.7 (26.4) |
Parents background characteristics at diagnosis | n = 58 | n = 58 |
Mothers age, mean (SD) | 40.4 (5.3) | 40.1 (6.2) |
Fathers age, mean (SD) | 43.6 (6.6) | 42.6 (5.7) |
Education, n (%) | ||
Mothers with university degree | 18 (60.0) | 15 (51.7) |
Fathers with university degree | 13 (46.4) | 15 (50.0) |
Working hours, n (%) | ||
Mothers not employed | 4 (13.3) | 3 (10.3) |
Mothers full time | 19 (63.3) | 12 (41.4) |
Mothers part time, | 7 (23.3) | 14 (48.3) |
Fathers not employed | 1 (3.6) | 0 (0.0) |
Fathers full time | 27 (96.4) | 28 (96.5) |
Fathers part time | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.5) |
Monthly income before tax, mean SEK (SD) | ||
Mothers | 26435 (13606) | 22755 (8385) |
Fathers | 37295 (16550) | 32629 (14832) |