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. 2009 Feb;32(2):301–305. doi: 10.2337/dc08-1241

Table 2.

Characteristics of the clinic-based cohort of 471 individuals with type 1 diabetes by diabetes duration

Duration of diabetes (years)
P
<10 10–19 20–29 ≥30
n 165 162 101 43
Male 104 (63.0) 91 (56.2) 52 (51.5) 18 (41.9) 0.05
Age (years) 34.2 ± 9.7 37.3 ± 9.0 41.6 ± 8.4 47.5 ± 6.1 <0.001
C-peptide (nmol/l) 0.12 (0.08–0.27) 0.05 (0.02–0.10) 0.04 (0.02–0.10) 0.03 (0.01–0.10) <0.0001
Retinopathy
    Background 17 (10.3) 48 (29.6) 45 (44.6) 23 (55.5) <0.0001
    Preproliferating 0 (0) 5 (3.1) 5 (5.0) 0 (0)
    Proliferating 0 (0) 12 (7.4) 15 (14.9) 7 (16.3)
Diabetic nephropathy 2 (1.2) 12 (7.4) 15 (14.9) 7 (16.3) <0.0001
Autonomic or peripheral neuropathy 25 (15.1) 55 (33.0) 53 (52.5) 32 (74.4) <0.0001
All microvascular complications 37 (22.4) 90 (55.6) 76 (75.3) 39 (90.7) <0.0001
Cardiovascular disease 2 (1.2) 5 (3.1) 16 (15.8) 8 (18.6) <0.0001

Data are means ± SD, n (%), or geometric mean (25th–75th percentile) unless otherwise indicated.