Table 2.
Personal and clinical characteristics of participants
| Responders | Non-Responders | p Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | n =946 | n | n =1886 | n | Wilcoxon/χ 2 test | Logistic regression |
| Sex (% males) | 50% | 53% | 0.10 | 0.15 | ||
| Age at T1D onset (yr) | 6.28 ± 3.55 (5.90, 0.18-14.87) | 6.17 ± 3.44 (5.78, 0.21-14.94) | 0.55 | 0.62 | ||
| Age at questionnaire (yr) | 9.75 ± 3.44 (10.22, 1.31-14.99) | 10.32 ± 3.18 (10.74, 0.42-14.98) | 8 × 10−5 | 2 × 10−5 | ||
| T1D duration at questionnaire (yr) | 3.47 ± 3.07 (2.71, 0.00-14.49) | 4.16 ± 3.16 (3.75, 0.02-13.70) | 5 × 10−9 | 0.19 | ||
| HbA1c (%) | 7.57 ± 0.83 (7.5, 5.5-10.6) | 526 | 7.81 ± 1.03 (7.7, 5.0-14.3) | 1083 | 2 × 10−5 | 0.0005 |
| Insulin dose (U/kg/d) | 0.85 ± 0.27 (0.83, 0.11-1.89) | 490 | 0.87 ± 0.28 (0.84, 0.14-3.73) | 999 | 0.47 | 0.67 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 17.14 ± 2.39 (16.64, 13.12-28.78) | 494 | 17.35 ± 2.46 (16.82, 12.23-31.44) | 998 | 0.053 | 0.36 |
Values are means ± standard deviation (median, range). Age at questionnaire was children’s age at the time the questionnaire was send.
T1D: type 1 diabetes, HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin.