Results
capillary blood glucose
Baseline characteristics are presented in Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Participants at BaselineThe participants (or parents/guardians) could select more than one ethnic group. However, they were assigned to a single ethnic group for statistical evaluation with the list prioritized in the standardized order of Māori; Pacific Islander; Asian; Middle Eastern, Latin American, or African; and New Zealand European or other.Māori are the indigenous people of New Zealand.NZDep13, The New Zealand Deprivation Index is an area-based measure of socioeconomic deprivation (in which 1 represents the least socioeconomic deprivation and 10 the most deprived). Post office box and some rural addresses cannot be derived from this index, and thus, there are NZDep13 scores available for 45/50 (90%) in the intervention group and 45/52 (86.5%) in the control group.BMI, body mass index; CSII, continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; MDI, multiple daily injections; SD, standard deviation; SMBG, Self Monitoring of capillary blood glucose.