Table 1. Comparison of patient characteristics between the groups with and without retinopathy at baseline (2008).

Variable	Retinopathy	No retinopathy
Age in years, median (range)	14.5 (9–18)	14 (7–18)
% Male	46.7%	53.8%
HbA1C %, median (range)	9.1 (7.2–14)	8.7 (7.1–13.1)
Duration of diabetes in years, median (range)	7.7 (0.6–13.7)	5.0 (0.2–12.5)