. 2007 Oct 27;4:4. doi: 10.1186/1740-2557-4-4

Table 1.

Basic socio-demographic and biochemical characteristics of the patients with diabetes

Variables	Type 1	Type 2
Total n (%)	94 (38.4)	151 (61.6)
Female n (%) ^◊	50 (53.2)	85 (56.2)
Age at diagnosis^◊◊[median (min-max)] years	17 (4–60)	48 (20–79) ***
Diabetes duration^◊◊[median (min-max)]years	3 (0–17)	4 (0–25)***
Family history of diabetes^◊n (%)	42 (44.7)	67(45)
BMI^◊◊◊[mean ± SD] kg/m²	19.5 ± 4.4	27.8 ± 4.7 ***
Waist-to-hip ratio ^◊◊◊[mean ± SD]	0.87 ± (0.07	0.94 ± 0.1 ***
HbA_1c^◊◊[median (min-max)]%	13.7 (6->14)	9.6 (5.2->14)***
Normal C-peptide levels^◊#n (%)	7 (7.6)	96 (63.6) ***

*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.

^◊Fisher's Exact Test ^◊◊Mann-Whitney, ^◊◊◊Unpaired t- test

^#Normal C-peptide levels: fasting >0.3 nmol/l; random >0.6 nmol/l.