Table 2 Comparison between patients in the 1st (lower) quartile and 4th (higher) quartile of EES-C values.

From: Emotional eating and disordered eating behaviors in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes

Variables

EES-C

1st quartile

EES-C

4th quartile

p-value

Number

53

53

 

Females N (%)

16 (30.2)

20 (37.7)

0.538

DEPS-R score

9 ± 7

18 ± 11

0.015

DEB N (%)

6 (11.3)

21 (39.6)

0.001

Age years

14.1 ± 2.2

14.9 ± 2.0

0.036

Diabetes duration years

6.3 ± 3.8

6.5 ± 4.0

0.804

BMI-SDS

−0.50 ± 1.0

−0.10 ± 1.0

0.043

Insulin treatment %

Multiple daily injections

71.7

62.3

0.408

Pump

28.3

37.7

Insulin dose U/kg/die

0.9 ± 0.2

01.0 ± 0.2

0.843

HbA1c median (IQR) %

6.7 (6.2, 7.0)

6.9 (6.7, 8.1)

0.007*

mmol/mol

50 (44, 53)

52 (50, 65)

Total cholesterol mmol/L

4.22 ± 0.67

4.58 ± 0.85

0.020

LDL cholesterol mmol/L

2.54 ± 0.52

2.80 ± 0.70

0.031

HDL cholesterol mmol/L

1.40 ± 0.31

1.42 ± 0.26

0.483

Triglycerides mmol/L

0.67 ± 0.29

0.80 ± 0.55

0.142

Uric acid micromol/L

238 ± 59

4238 ± 59

0.976

Other autoimmune diseases %

22.6

41.5

0.061

  1. Data are presented as mean and standard deviation unless otherwise specified.
  2. For comparisons between groups two-tailed t-test was used.
  3. IQR inter quartile range, DEPS-R diabetes eating problem survey-revised, EES-C emotional eating scale for children and adolescents, DEB subjects with disordered eating behaviors (DEPS-R score ≥ 20), BMI-SDS body mass index-standard deviation score, HbA1c glycated hemoglobin, LDL low density lipoprotein, HDL high density lipoprotein.
  4. *Mann–Whitney test.
  5. Significant values are in bold.
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