Table 1 Demographic data and clinical characteristics of T1DM patients
From: Sex-specific-differences in cardiometabolic risk in type 1 diabetes: a cross-sectional study
Characteristics | Women | Men |
|---|---|---|
| Â | (n=102) | (n=123) |
Age (years) | 41.3±13.6 | 43.1±13.9 |
Percentage of geriatric patients (>60Â years) | 8.8 | 13.8 |
Age (years) at diagnosis | 19.2±10.2 | 21.4±11.5 |
Duration (years) of disease | 19.3±7.7 | 17.3±10.4 |
Smokers (%) | 29.1 | 36.3 |
Alcohol abstinence (%) | 53.5§§§ | 20.4 |
Metabolic syndrome (%) | 12.6 | 14.3 |
Blood glucose (mg/dl) | 122.9±50.4 | 123.8±56.4 |
HbA1c (%) | 7.6±1.0 | 7.5±1.1 |
HbA1c<6.5% (%) | 26.5 | 29.3 |
Hypertension (%) | 44.2 | 46.7 |
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 135.5±18.9 | 136.9±17.4 |
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 82.7±12.3 | 82.9±8.7 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 25.5±4.9 | 26.3±3.4 |
Overweight (%) | 33.3 | 44.7§§§ |
Obese (%) | 12.7 | 13.0 |
Hyperlipidaemia (%) | 46.3 | 35.2 |
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 203.1±38.3 | 186.7±33.6** |
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) | 70.6±19.9 | 59.1±15.9*** |
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl) | 111.1±32.2 | 103.4±28.2 |
Total cholesterol/HDL ratio | 3.3±1.6 | 3.6±1.4 |
Triglycerides (mg/dl) | 106.6±69.1 | 124.6±71.8 |