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. 2017 Mar 6;7:43513. doi: 10.1038/srep43513

Table 1. Demographic data of patients with type 1 diabetes and health controls.

  T1D patients n(%)915 Mean ± SD Controls n(%) 789 Mean ± SD Pa
Age (years)   24.6 ± 13.0   28.5 ± 11.5 <0.0001
Disease duration (years)   12.4 ± 10.6      
Age at diagnosis (years)   12.3 ± 8.4      
Gender
 Male 388 (42.4%)   477 (60.5%)   <0.0001a
 Female 527 (57.6%)   312 (39.5%)    
 BMI (kg/m2) 21.8 ± 4.3   24.2 ± 3.5   <0.0001b
Self-reported skin Color
 White 729 (81.7%)   490 (65.6%)   <0.0001a
 Brown 137 (15.4%)   208 (27.8%)   <0.0001a
 Black 21 (2.4%)   44 (5.9%)   0.0003a
 Yellow 5 (0.6%)   5 (0.7%)   0.7782a
 Glycemia (mg/dL) 189.3 ± 113.7   83.5 ± 9.8   <0.0001
 HbA1c (%) 8.4 ± 2.2   5.1 ± 0.4   <0.0001
 HbA1c(mmol/mol) 68.3 ± 2.2   32.2 ± 0.4   <0.0001
 C-peptide (ng/dL) 0.37 ± 0.31   2.21 ± 1.73   <0.0001

T1D = type 1 diabetes mellitus, n = number of subjects, SD = standard deviation.

aFisher’s exact test.

bStudent T test, HbA1c = glycated hemoglobin, BMI = body mass index.