TABLE 1.
Characteristics of type 1 diabetic patients and nondiabetic donors
| Donor group and sample |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1D PLN | ND PLN | T1D PB | HC PB | |||
| Characteristic | n = 19 | n = 63 | P | n = 18 | n = 11 | P |
| Age, years | 41 (24–56) | 49 (11–66) | 0.0015* | 40 (30–56) | 34 (27–39) | 0.0196† |
| Men | 13 (68) | 33 (52) | NS | 12 (67) | 4 (36) | NS‡ |
| Type 1 diabetes duration, years | 27 (7–44) | NA | 26 (7–44) | NA | ||
| EIR, unit/day | 36 (11–52) | NA | 36 (12–68) | NA | ||
| Intensive care unit stay, days | NA | 4 (1–27) | NA | NA | ||
Continuous data are expressed as mean (range), and categoric data as n (%). EIR, exogenous insulin requirements; HC, healthy control subjects; NA, not applicable; ND, nondiabetic donors; T1D, type 1 diabetic patients.
*Mann-Whitney–Wilcoxon test.
†t Test with unequal variances, χ2 test.
‡Fisher exact t test.