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Table 1.

Characteristics of the study group

Variable	Total group	Preschool children	Schoolchildren
Sex
Female (n)	290	35	255
Male (n)	387	53	334
Age (years)	13.3 (9.1–15.9)	6.0 (4.9–6.5)	14.0 (11.1–16.3)
Diabetes duration (years)	3.9 (2.1–7.1)	2.0 (1.5–2.8)^a	4.3 (2.4–7.6)^a
HbA_1c (%)	7.39 (6.83–8.10)	7.10 (6.72–7.60)^a	7.44 (6.85–8.19)^a
HbA_1c measurements (n)	5 (3–9)	3 (2–5)^a	6 (3–9)^a

Unless otherwise specified, data are median (with 25–75% range)

^a p < 1 × 10⁻⁴ in Mann–Whitney U test