Table 1 Demographical and biochemical characteristics of study cohorts.

From: Circulating miRNA expression in long-standing type 1 diabetes mellitus

 

Discovery cohort

Validation cohort

Control

Type 1 diabetes

Control

Type 1 diabetes

N

10

20

21

34

Gender (% male)

50

65

29

62

Age (years)

34.6 ± 3.0

33.2 ± 2.3

28.9 ± 2.1

34.4 ± 2.2

Age at onset (years)

16.6 ± 3.1

19.7 ± 2.0

Disease duration (years)

16.0 ± 2.3

14.7 ± 1.4

Anthropometric

 BMI (kg/m2)

24.0 ± 0.8

24.9 ± 0.7

22.2 ± 0.4

24.1 ± 0.6**

 Fat (%)

25.5 ± 2.4

23.3 ± 2.2

25.6 ± 1.8

23.6 ± 1.4

 Waist

80.1 ± 2.9

84.6 ± 2.4

75.0 ± 2.0

84.5 ± 2.4*

Biochemical

 Glucose (mg/dL)

82.6 ± 1.9

187.0 ± 15.8***

80.6 ± 1.6

200.0 ± 14.4***

 HbA1c1 (%)

5.0 ± 0.1

7.0 ± 0.2***

4.9 ± 0.1

7.7 ± 0.2***

 C Peptide (ng/mL)

0.22 ± 0.05

0.14 ± 0.07

 Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

182.0 ± 13.6

178.0 ± 6.8

169.8 ± 5.9

175.4 ± 5.3

 HDL (mg/dL)

62.0 ± 5.3

59.7 ± 1.8

65.1 ± 2.9

63.6 ± 2.7

 Triglycerides (mg/dL)

69.3 ± 6.5

80.1 ± 6.6

66.9 ± 4.8

82.8 ± 7.8

 LDL (mg/dL)

106.0 ± 12.1

102.0 ± 6.0

91.3 ± 5.0

96.2 ± 4.5

 TSH

2.4 ± 0.2

2.5 ± 0.3

2.3 ± 0.2

2.3 ± 0.2

HLA

 HLADR3 (%)

0

100

28.6

58.8

 HLADR4 (%)

0

85

23.8

50.0

 HLADQ2 (%)

0

100

28.6

58.8

 HLADR8 (%)

0

80

23.8

47.1

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM. Values for categorical variables are showed in %
  2. TSH thyroid stimulating hormone, BMI body mass index, HDL hight-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein.
  3. Significance: Comparisons with controls: p values < 0.05 (*), < 0.01 (**), < 0.001 (***).