Table 1. Main characteristics of T1D patients and age-matched non diabetic controls.

	T1D Patients	T1D Controls
N	485	317
Sex (M/F)	259/226	163/153
Current age (yrs)	12.1±4.9	11.8±4.8
BMI (kg/m2)	18.4±3.2	23.3±10.6
Age at clinical onset (yrs)	6.3±3.1	-
Diabetes Duration	7.5±8.5	-
Hba1c	8.1±1.4	-

Results are expressed as mean ± sd.