Table 2.
Nutritional status and body composition by sex and pubertal stage in controls and T1D patients
| Variable | Controls (n=20) |
T1D (n=24) |
P-value‡ | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prepubertal males (n=6) | Pubertal males (n=3) | Prepubertal females (n=6) | Pubertal females (n=5) | P-value† | Prepubertal males (n=10) | Pubertal males (n=6) | Prepubertal females (n=4) | Pubertal females (n=4) | P-value† | ||
| Age (yr) | 8.25 | 15.4 | 8.5 | 12.6 | <0.01* | 8.2 | 12.9 | 6.0 | 13.3 | <0.01* | <0.01* |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 16.7 (15.5–25.1) | 18.7 (17.8–23.9) | 17.0 (13.1–22.3) | 19.1 (16.7–32.6) | 0.33 | 18.6 (14.3–20.5) | 20.1 (16.0–26.6) | 17.8 (16.5–21.5) | 20.6 (17.5–24.4) | 0.25 | 0.42 |
| BMI z-score | 0.29 (0.18–2.4) | -0.01 (-0.9 to 1.23) | 0.77 (-1.8 to 2.08) | 0.81 (-0.7 to 2.9) | 0.80 | 1.35 (-1.02 to 2.4) | 0.29 (-0.8 to 2.4) | 1.6 (0.62–2.0) | 0.71 (-0.24 to 1.2) | 0.37 | 0.70 |
| Fat mass (%) | 18.3 (9.1–31.2) | 11.1 (7.3–17.7) | 21.7 (6.7–31.4) | 27.2 (15.2–42.1) | 0.17 | 19.1 (4.1–28.6) | 18.7 (11.1 –32.4) | 23.6 (18.2–31.3) | 26.8 (18.0–35.0) | 0.36 | 0.22 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 60.5 (51–85) | 77 (63–83) | 56 (47–67) | 68.5 (63–98) | 0.08 | 62.5 (50–72) | 72.5 (58–88) | 57.5 (55–69) | 72.5 (62–84) | 0.04* | 0.04* |
Values are presented as number or median (interquartile range). Kruskal-Wallis test.
T1D, type 1 diabetes; BMI, body mass index; SD, standard deviation.
*
P<0.05.
†
Intra group.
‡
Between controls and T1D.