INS and diabetes mellitus: Overall, 87 patients were included by 5 diabetes centers [mean age 70.2 ± 11.0 years, mean duration of T2D 15.5 ± 9.6 years; BMI 29.4 ± 5.4 kg/m2, baseline HbA1c 9.1 ± 2.1%, 33% insulin naïve, 20.7% treated with basal-oral therapy (BOT), and 46% treated with multiple daily injections of insulin (MDI)].