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. 2021 Jan 5;44(3):795–803. doi: 10.2337/dc20-1879

Table 2.

Cardiovascular vital signs and laboratory measures in adolescents without diabetes vs. those with T1D stratified by BMI classification vs. those with T2D

Control T1D
Lean control Obese control Lean T1D Overweight T1D Obese T1D T2D
Participants, n 43 47 82 28 25 59
Vital sign
 HR (bpm) 65 ± 11 63 ± 9 68 ± 13 77 ± 13 78 ± 10de 72 ± 13i
 SBP (mmHg) 110 ± 9 116 ± 9 114 ± 11a 123 ± 9f 124 ± 9d 121 ± 12
 DBP (mmHg) 64 ± 8 69 ± 8 68 ± 8a 73 ± 8f 73 ± 7cf 70 ± 10
 SBP percentile 48 ± 24 70 ± 20 57 ± 29 82 ± 17f 81 ± 19cf 76 ± 22
 DBP percentile 47 ± 24 63 ± 22 54 ± 25 70 ± 21e 72 ± 19cf 64 ± 27
 Prevalence of hypertension* (%) 5 11 10 26 44cfg 12i
 PP (mmHg) 46 ± 6 47 ± 8 47 ± 10 51 ± 11f 52 ± 12 51 ± 10
 MAP (mmHg) 80 ± 8 85 ± 7 83 ± 8a 89 ± 7f 90 ± 5df 87 ± 10
Kidney function measure
 Serum creatinine (mg/dL) 0.7 ± 0.13 0.7 ± 0.18 0.7 ± 0.16 0.7 ± 0.13 0.7 ± 0.14g 0.6 ± 0.15
 ACR** 6.5 (5.3, 7.9) 5.6 (4.4, 7.1) 11.3 (8.6, 14.8)a 10.9 (7.1, 17.0) 8.1 (5.2, 12.7)c 14.8 (9.3, 23.5)
 Prevalence of microalbuminuria* (%) 0 3 18a 13 12 31
 eGFR (FAS) (mL/min/1.73 m2) 105 ± 18 104 ± 22 113 ± 39 105 ± 22 113 ± 22 128 ± 36
 Prevalence of hyperfiltration* (%) 9 8 14 9 13 33
Laboratory measure
 Adiponectin (µg/mL)** 8.5 (7.5, 9.8) 7.7 (6.7, 8.9) 10.7 (9.6, 11.8)a 9.7 (7.7, 12.3) 8.6 (7.2, 10.4) 5.1 (4.4, 5.9)i
 Leptin (ng/mL)** 7.0 (4.9, 10.0) 31.9 (27.3, 37.1) 7.7 (6.3, 9.5) 21.5 (16.3, 28.3)f 25.9 (21.1, 31.9)fh 28.0 (23.3, 33.5)
 hs-CRP (mg/L)** 0.4 (0.3, 0.6) 1.0 (0.7, 1.3) 0.4 (0.3, 0.5) 1.0 (0.6, 1.6) 1.8 (1.2, 2.8)cf 2.7 (1.9, 3.7)

Data are expressed as mean ± SD unless otherwise specified. Comparisons made include the following: lean T1D vs. overweight T1D vs. obese T1D; obese T1D vs. T2D; obese control vs. T1D. FAS, full age spectrum.

*

Percent of total.

**

Geometric mean (95% CI).

a

P < 0.05 vs. lean control group.

b

P < 0.001 vs. lean control group.

c

P < 0.05 vs. obese control group.

d

P < 0.001 vs. obese control group.

e

P < 0.05 vs. lean T1D.

f

P < 0.001 vs. lean T1D.

g

P < 0.05 vs. overweight T1D.

h

P < 0.001 vs. overweight T1D.

i

P < 0.05 vs. obese T1D.

j

P < 0.001 vs. obese T1D.