TABLE 1.
Subject profiles
Parameters | Control subjects, N = 21 |
Patients with type 1 diabetes, N = 28 |
P | χ2 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sex (female/ male) |
10/11 | 17/11 | 0.3618 | 0.832 |
Age (yr) | 16.7 ± 1.6 | 17.4 ± 1.0 | 0.6870 | |
Height (cm) | 148.0 ± 4.6 | 158.1 ± 1.8a | 0.0230 | |
Body weight (kg) |
44.4 ± 3.7 | 57.0 ± 2.1a | 0.0029 | |
Body mass index (kg/m2) |
19.0 ± 1.0 | 22.6 ± 0.6a | 0.0019 | |
Systolic BP (mm Hg) |
111.4 ± 1.3 | 122.9 ± 2.5a | 0.0001 | |
Diastolic BP (mm Hg) |
61.3 ± 1.5 | 72.5 ± 2.8a | 0.0007 |
P < 0.05 vs. control subjects.
BP, blood pressure.