Table 1. Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients and controls.

	DM1	Control group
Sex (M/F), mean	29/29	38/13
Age (years), mean ± standard error*	27 ± 1.7	27 ± 1.4
Fasting blood glucose (mean ± standard error)†	208 ± 15 mg/dl	82 ± 2.3 mg/dl
HbA1c (mean ± standard error)†	8.7% ± 0.25	5% ± 0.06

^*t test for two samples assuming variance;

^†chi-square test.

DM1 = type 1 diabetes mellitus; HbA1c = glycosylated hemoglobin.