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Table 1 Descriptive data of patients enrolled in the study before joining exercise program.

From: Is exercise a therapeutic tool for improvement of cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus? A randomised controlled trial

Variable

Group A

Group B

Group C

P-value

no.

48

75

73

 

Age (years)

15 ± 2.35

14.7 ± 2.2

14.5 ± 2.4

0.94

D.M. duration (years)

4.9 ± 1.9

3.6 ± 1.8

5.5 ± 2

0.04

Hypoglycemia (times/month)

4.5 ± 3.43

4.8 ± 5.3

4 ± 4.75

0.88

weight (percentile)

64.2 ± 25.7

77.6 ± 20.9

77.4 ± 16.7

0.95

BMI (SDS)

0.7 ± 0.5

0.77 ± 0.34

0.69 ± 0.48

0.99

SBP (mmHg)

35 ± 17.4

67.75 ± 19.9

68.2 ±18.7

0.09

DBP (mmHg)

49 ± 21.3

61.5 ± 21.1

57.6 ± 24.4

0.79

Waist circumference (cm)

64.5 ± 11.2

64.6 ± 9.1

69.7 ± 12.9

0.37

Insulin dose (unit/Kg/day)

1.2 ± 0.37

1.16 ± 0.3

1.2 ± 0.4

0.93

HbA1c (%)

8.3 ± 2.1

8.9 ± 1.4

8.9 ± 1.6

0.55

LDL-C (mg/dl)

94.3 ± 22.8

101.2 ± 37.8

132.2 ± 34

0.01

HDL-C (mg/dl)

39.8 ± 5.4

46.3 ± 12.8

36 ± 5.5

0.01

TG (mg/dl)

151.9 ± 31.8

121.7 ± 41.2

176 ± 37.1

0.001

Cholesterol (mg/dl)

195 ± 21.5

171.8 ± 55.1

197 ± 27.7

0.18