Table 1. The demographic features of the patient and control groups.

-		T1DM group (n=165) (mean±SD)	Control group (n=154) (mean±SD)	p
Age (years)	-	13.72±2.64	13.18±2.41	0.522*
Gender, n (%)	Female	85 (50.1)	80 (51.9)	0.654b
-	Male	80 (48.5)	74 (48.1)
Weight (kg)	-	48.15±14.59	46.5±14.24	0.296*
Height (cm)	-	155.15±15.86	153.37±17.69	0.348*
BMI (kg/cm2)	-	20.57±3.62	18.99±2.93	0.056*
BMI SDS	-	1.01±0.09	1.03±0.13	0.17*
Length of time since diagnosis of T1DM aMedian (IQR)	-	5.0 (3.2-14.1)	-	-

*Student’s t-test, ^aData are expressed as median with interquartile range in parentheses, ^bFisher’s exact test.

BMI: body mass index, IQR: interquartile range, T1DM:type 1 diabetes mellitus, SDS: standard deviation (SD) score