Table 1 Baseline characteristics by median H-Ficolin concentration.

From: The pattern-recognition molecule H-ficolin in relation to diabetic kidney disease, mortality, and cardiovascular events in type 1 diabetes

 

H-ficolin

 < 31.18 μg/ml

H-ficolin

 ≥ 31.18 μg/ml

P

P19 tests

n

1205

1205

  

Sex (woman)

711 (59.0%)

432 (35.9%)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Age (years)

36.7 (11.3)

37.5 (11.4)

0.11

1

Diabetes duration (years)

21.4 (12.1)

21.7 (11.3)

0.51

1

Diabetes onset age (years)

15.3 (8.8)

15.8 (9.1)

0.23

1

BMI (kg/m2)

24.7 (3.4)

25.3 (3.7)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

133 (19)

136 (19)

 < 0.001

0.004

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

79 (10)

81 (11)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Retinal laser treatment (yes)

436 (36.4%)

503 (42.1%)

0.005

0.95

RAAS inhibitor (yes)

316 (26.4%)

440 (36.9%)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Lipid-lowering medication (yes)

91 (7.6%)

149 (12.5%)

 < 0.001

0.002

Smoking status

  

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Current

225 (19.5%)

322 (28.4%)

  

Former

257 (22.3%)

266 (23.4%)

  

Never

673 (58.3%)

547 (48.2%)

  

HbA1c (mmol/mol)

66.9 (15.9)

71.2 (16.1)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Total cholesterol (mmol/l)

4.86 (0.91)

5.19 (1.08)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

HDL-cholesterol (mmol/l)

1.29 (0.35)

1.18 (0.35)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Triglycerides (mmol/l)

0.99 [0.77, 1.42]

1.23 [0.87, 1.81]

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

LDL-cholesterol (mmol/l)

3.03 (0.83)

3.33 (0.93)

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

DKD category at baseline

  

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

Normal AER

750 (62.2%)

662 (54.9%)

  

Microalbuminuria

152 (12.6%)

161 (13.4%)

  

Macroalbuminuria

182 (15.1%)

272 (22.6%)

  

ESRD

121 (10.0%)

110 (9.1%)

  

eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2)

84 [67, 100]

83 [61, 99]

0.04

0.76

AER (mg/24 h)

11 [6, 41]

16 [7, 121]

 < 0.001

 < 0.001

  1. Data are presented as mean (standard deviation), median [interquartile range], or n (%). P19 tests, p-value after Bonferroni correction for the total number of tests; BMI, body mass index; RAAS, renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein, DKD, diabetic kidney disease; AER, albumin excretion rate; ESRD, end-stage renal disease; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rat.