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. 2021 Nov 15;59(4):481–490. doi: 10.1007/s00592-021-01821-8

Table 2.

HbA1c, glycated albumin, fructosamine, and long-term glycemic variability stratified by small vessel disease findings in brain MRI in individuals with type 1 diabetes

Cerebral small vessel disease Cerebral microbleeds White matter hyperintensities
Presence (n = 66) Absence (n = 123) p Presence (n = 45) Absence (n = 144) p Presence (n = 32) Absence (n = 157) p
HbA1c, %, (mmol/mol) 8.2 (7.6–8.9), (66.0 [59.8–73.3]) 8.0 (7.3–8.8), (64.0 [56.0–73.0]) 0.259 8.2 (7.6–8.9), (66.0 [60.0–73.0]) 8.1 (7.4–8.8), (65.0 [57.0–73.0]) 0.419 8.2 (7.4–8.7), (65.5 [58.3–72.0]) 8.1 (7.4–8.9), (65.0 [57.0–73.0]) 0.838
GA, nM/ml 97.2 (73.9–117.8) 89.6 (76.3–115.9) 0.704 102.9 (73.9–125.3) 90.3 (76.3–115.2) 0.580 98.0 (82.6–113.7) 89.8 (74.0–117.8) 0.492
FA, mM/l 2.6 (2.4–2.9) 2.5 (2.3–3.0) 0.587 2.6 (2.4–2.9) 2.5 (2.3–3.0) 0.439 2.6 (2.4–3.0) 2.6 (2.4–3.0) 0.429
HbA1c-meanoverall, %, (mmol/mol) 8.3 ± 1.0, (67.4 ± 11.2) 8.0 ± 0.9, (64.2 ± 9.5) 0.141 8.3 ± 0.9, (67.2 ± 10.3) 8.1 ± 0.9, (64.7 ± 10.2) 0.280 8.2 ± 1.1, (66.4 ± 12.0) 8.1 ± 0.9, (65.1 ± 9.9) 0.787
HbA1c-SD, % 0.57 (0.42–0.78) 0.61 (0.44–0.81) 0.655 0.56 (0.42–0.76) 0.61 (0.44–0.82) 0.514 0.52 (0.39–0.97) 0.61 (0.46–0.81) 0.445
HbA1c-adjSD, % 0.55 (0.40–0.73) 0.58 (0.43–0.78) 0.771 0.53 (0.40–0.72) 0.58 (0.43–0.79) 0.577 0.51 (0.39–0.93) 0.57 (0.44–0.75) 0.480
HbA1c-CV, % 6.7 (5.5–8.7) 7.6 (5.7–9.9) 0.245 6.7 (5.5–8.5) 7.4 (5.7–10.1) 0.219 6.0 (5.0–11.5) 7.5 (5.8–9.5) 0.293
HbA1c-ARV 0.5 (0.4–0.6) 0.5 (0.3–0.7) 0.953 0.5 (0.4–0.6) 0.5 (0.4–0.6) 0.578 0.4 (0.4–0.6) 0.5 (0.4–0.7) 0.410

Data are median (interquartile range) or mean ± SD unless otherwise indicated. GA = glycated albumin, FA = fructosamine, SD = standard deviation, adjSD = adjusted standard deviation, CV = coefficient of variation, ARV = average real variability