Table 1. Demographic, clinical and anthropometrical characteristics of the Type 1 diabetes mellitus (Type 1 DM) and Control Groups.

Parameters	Type 1 DM	Controls	p-value
Age	17.25 ± 4.43	20.11 ± 5.62	0.03*
Gender F/M	20/12	20/8	NS
Body mass index	21.71 ± 3.14	21. 34 ± 2.32	NS
Duration of Type 1 DM	4.14 ± 1.97	-	-
Glycemia	170.1 ± 77.99	79.82 ± 11.89	< 0.0001†
HbA1c	9.95 ± 2.97	5.47 ± 0.43	< 0.0001†
Total cholesterol	160.7 ± 32.13	145.7 ± 19.91	0.057
Triglycerides	68.12 ± 37.24	67.75 ± 19.91	0.96
HDL cholesterol	57.19 ± 16.75	65.81 ± 13.44	0.056
LDL cholesterol	92.15 ± 28.19	65.75 ± 17.67	0.0005#
VLDL cholesterol	13.81 ± 7.38	13.75 ± 4.27	0.97
Microalbuminuria	48.40 ± 9.3	13.90 ± 1.8	< 0.0001†
TSH	3.48 ± 1.63	2.65 ± 1.11	0.035‡
FT4	1.17 ± 0.18	1.11 ± 0.21	0.27

* P-value < 0.03 (absolute difference between Type 1 diabetes mellitus and Control groups).

^† P-value < 0.0001 (absolute differences between Type 1 diabetes mellitus and control groups).

^# P-value = 0.0005 (absolute difference between Type 1 diabetes mellitus and control groups).

^‡ P-value = 0.035 (absolute difference between Type 1 diabetes mellitus and control groups).