Table 1 Patients characteristics.
From: Emotional eating and disordered eating behaviors in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes
Variables | All | Males | Females | p-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number % | 212 | 126 (59.4) | 86 (40.6) | |
Age years | 14.4 ± 2.0 | 14.7 ± 2.0 | 14.0 ± 2.1 | 0.156 |
Diabetes duration years | 6.4 ± 4.0 | 6.6 ± 3.9 | 6.2 ± 4.2 | 0.573 |
BMI-SDS | −0.26 ± 0.99 | −0.32 ± 0.89 | −0.17 ± 1.12 | 0.364 |
Insulin treatment % | ||||
Multiple daily injections | 70.8 | 70.9 | 70.5 | 0.959 |
Pump | 29.2 | 29.1 | 29.5 | |
Insulin dose U/kg/die | 1.0 ± 0.2 | 1.0 ± 0.2 | 0.9 ± 0.2 | 0.128 |
HbA1c median (IQR) % | 7 (6.6, 7.9) | 6.8 (6.5, 7.5) | 7.3 (6.7, 8.2) | 0.003** |
mmol/mol | 53 (49, 63) | 51 (48, 58) | 56 (50, 66) | |
Total cholesterol mmol/L | 4.53 ± 0.83 | 4.30 ± 0.73 | 4.87 ± 0.85 | < 0.001 |
LDL cholesterol mmol/L | 2.75 ± 0.65 | 2.59 ± 0.57 | 2.95 ± 0.70 | < 0.001 |
HDL cholesterol mmol/L | 1.45 ± 0.31 | 1.40 ± 0.31 | 1.53 ± 0.28 | 0.001 |
Triglycerides mmol/L | 0.78 ± 0.54 | 0.73 ± 0.42 | 0.85 ± 0.68 | 0.140 |
Uric acid micromol/L | 232 ± 60 | 250 ± 60 | 214 ± 60 | < 0.001 |
Other autoimmune diseases % | 29.1 | 25.1 | 34.8 | 0.140 |
