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. 2017 Jun 2;4:21. doi: 10.1186/s40608-017-0157-1

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics for the 284 patients with T1DM presented for all and gender specified

All Men Women P a
N 284 159 125
Age (years) 42 (32, 51; 18–59) 43 (32, 52) 41 (30, 50) 0.12b
Diabetes duration (years) 20 (11, 30; 1–55) 21 (11–32) 19 (11, 29) 0.26b
Abdominal obesityc 49 (17) 13 (8) 36 (29) <0.001
General obesityd 34 (12) 11 (7) 23 (18) 0.005
High HbA1ce 78 (28) 39 (24) 39 (31) 0.23
Smoking f 28 (10) 18 (12) 10 (8) 0.42
Physical inactivityg 31 (11) 18 (12) 13 (11) 0.85
Cardiovascular complications 10 (4) 6 (4) 4 (3) >0.99
Clinical psychiatric diagnoses 38 (13) 16 (10) 22 (17) 0.079
Antidepressants 23 (8) 11 (7) 12 (10) 0.51
MDIIh and OAAi 17 (6) 6 (4) 11 (9) 0.15
CSIIj 26 (9) 13 (8) 13 (10)
MDIIh 241 (85) 140 (88) 101 (81)

Data are n (%) or median (q1, q3; min-max)

aFisher’s exact test unless otherwise specified

bMann-Whitney U test

cAbdominal obesity: WC men/women (meters): ≥ 1.02/≥ 0.88

dGeneral obesity: BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

eHigh HbA1c: >8.6% (>70 mmol/mol)

Missing values men/women: f n = 6/6; g n = 6/6

hMultiple daily insulin injections

iOral antidiabetic agents. j Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion