TABLE 1.
Clinical characteristics of study subjects
| Characteristic | Value |
Pa | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient (n = 228) | Controls (n = 193) | ||
| Gender (M/F)b | 119/109 (52.2/47.8) | 105/88 (54.4/45.6) | 0.695 |
| Age at study (yr) | 23.7 ± 11.3 | 24.3 ± 7.1 | 0.555 |
| T1D duration (yr) | 10.5 ± 7.5 | NAc | NA |
| Age at T1D onset (yr) | 15.7 ± 7.7 | NA | NA |
| Mean BMI (kg/m2) | 22.2 ± 3.8 | 24.6 ± 3.4 | <0.001 |
| Glucosed | 13.6 ± 4.7 | 4.9 ± 1.0 | <0.001 |
| Uread | 4.9 ± 1.5 | 4.4 ± 1.1 | 0.083 |
| Creatinine3 (μmol/liter) | 82.1 ± 18.3 | 74.6 ± 13.1 | 0.416 |
| Total cholesterold | 4.1 ± 1.3 | 3.7 ± 0.8 | 0.020 |
| Triglyceridesd | 1.0 ± 0.6 | 1.4 ± 0.7 | 0.022 |
a
Student's t test (continuous variables) and Pearson's χ2 test (categorical variables).
b
Number (percentage of total) in each group.
c
NA, not applicable.
d
Concentration in mmol/liter; the values are means ± standard deviations (SD).