Table 1.

Characteristics of study sample

	No DEB	DEB onset	t	d.f.	P
Baseline
Age (years)	11.9 + 1.4	11.9 + 1.4	0.06	74	NS
BMI (percentile)	52.9 + 23.6	75.2 + 18.7	4.54	74	<0.0001
A1C	8.2 + 1.2	8.3 + 1.0	70.89	73	NS
Assessment before onset
Age (years)	13.6 + 1.6	13.7 + 1.6	0.14	74	NS
BMI (percentile)	60.5 + 26.1	79.7 + 17.9	3.72	73	<0.0001
A1C	8.2 + 1.2	8.4 + 1.0	0.60	73	NS
Assessment at onset
Age (years)	15.2 + 1.9	15.2 + 1.9	0.03	74	NS
BMI (percentile)	66.1 + 25.4	80.7 + 17.4	2.93	74	<0.005
A1C	8.1 + 1.0	8.6 + 1.2	2.09	74	<0.04

Data are means ± SD.