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. 2021 Jun 29;23(7):517–521. doi: 10.1089/dia.2020.0609

Table 1.

Characteristics of Study Participants and Prevalence of COVID-19 Antibodies

  Patients with type 1 diabetes
Controls without diabetes
New-onset (n = 129) Established (n = 94) Children (n = 562) Adults (n = 102)
Age, years
 Mean (SD) 12.3 (8.2) 20.7 (14.4) 9.3 (4.5) 41.4 (7.7)
 Median 11.4 16.2 9.0 41.7
 Range 1.3–69.3 1.5–66.8 1.0–18 19–60.5
Diabetes duration, days
 Mean (SD) 2.4 (3.9) 3208 (4348) NA NA
 Median 2.0 866 NA NA
 Range 0–29 36–19,983 NA NA
COVID-19 antibodies, % (n)
95% CI
 Receptor-binding domain 0.8% (1)
0.1%–4.2%
4.3% (4)
1.7%–10.4%
2.8% (16)
1.8%–4.6%
3.9% (3)
1.5%–9.7%
 Nucleocapsid 0.8% (1)
0.1%–4.2%
4.3% (4)
1.7%–10.4%
NA NA

95% CI calculated using Wilson score interval.

CI, confidence interval; SD, standard deviation; NA, not applicable.