Appendix Table 1.

Characteristics of the participants excluded and included in the cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy analysis dataset at the current SEARCH Cohort visit(2011–2015).

Variable	Excluded (N=879)	Included (N=1898)	P-value
Age at cohort visit (years)	18 ± 5	19 ± 4	<0.001
Age at diagnosis (years)	9 ± 5	11 ± 4	<0.001
Sex (Female)	53%	52%	0.74
Diabetes duration (months)	104 ± 24	95 ± 23	<0.001
Race/ethnicity			0.080
Non-Hispanic White	63.8%	69.3%
Non-Hispanic Black	18.7%	14.1%
Hispanic	13.7%	13.4%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.9%	1.5%
Native Americans	1.5%	1.3%
Other	0.4%	0.3%
BMI z-score	0.8 ± 1.2	0.7 ± 1.1	0.29
SBP (mm Hg)	102 ± 14	102 ± 13	0.62
DBP (mm Hg)	64 ± 11	64 ± 10	0.86
HbA1c (%)	9.2 ± 2.1	9.2 ± 2.1	0.90
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	102 ± 100	105 ± 107	0.43
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	97 ± 30	98 ± 30	0.49
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	55 ± 15	53 ± 14	0.06

All data are presented as mean ± SD or n (%). BMI: body mass index, SPB and DBP: systolic and diastolic blood pressure, HDL: high density lipoprotein, LDL: low density lipoprotein