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Table 3 Clinical and laboratory characteristics of type 1 diabetic patients compared by eGDR quartiles

From: Insulin resistance and associated factors in patients with Type 1 Diabetes

Variables

eGDR 1stquartile

eGDR 2ndand 3rdquartiles

eGDR 4thquartile

P value

Patients

n = 33 (24.4%)

n = 69 (51.1%)

n = 33 (24.4%)

 

Gender (Male)

18 (54.5%)

29 (42.0%)

11 (33.3%)

0.083

Age (years)

37 (20–68)

29 (12–58)

23 (12–55)

< 0.001

Duration of diabetes (years)

21 (2–48)

14 (1–49)

10 (0–27)

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

25 (19–35)

24 (17–46)

21 (18–28)

0.001

Waist/height ratio

52.6 (40.5-70.4)

50 (38.7-78.8)

44.2 (36.1-52.2)

< 0.001

Total insulin dose IU/Lean mass (kg)§

1.13 (0.46-3.15)

1.14 (0.52-3.35)

0.91 (0.19-1.63)

0.059

Total lean mass (kg)§

40 (32.9-64.2)

41 (30.1-81.1)

38.5 (30.1-58.0)

0.656

Thoracoabdominal fat (kg)§

9.38 (2.3-28.7)

6.34 (1.0-20.1)

4.71 (1.7-12.5)

0.002

Leg fat (kg)§

5.40 (0.9-11.0)

6.29 (0.9-12.9)

5.89 (1.8-16.3)

0.901

Arm fat (kg)§

1.98 (0.3-6.8)

1.46 (0.2-3.7)

1.03 (0.3-4.8)

0.017

Total lean mass percentage§

0.70 (0.5-0.9)

0.72 (0.6-1.0)

0.78 (0.5-0.9)

0.108

Total fat percentage§

0.29 (0.07-0.5)

0.28 (0.05-0.40)

0.21 (0.08-0.49)

0.103

Thoracoabdominal fat percentage§

0.29 (0.09-0.54)

0.25 (0.05-0.41)

0.19 (0.08-0.68)

0.02

Leg fat percentage§

0.31 (0.06--0.50)

0.31 (0.06-0.48)

0.30 (0.11-0.60)

0.852

Arm fat percentage§

0.32 (0.55-0.59)

0.30 (0.4-0.43)

0.26 (0.45-0.56)

0.122

Triceps skinfold (mm)

15.5 (6.6-30.0)

17.8 (4.3-48.7)

19.0 (5.3-28.7)

0.730

Scapular skinfold (mm)

19.5 (7.7-39.0)

17.3 (6.3-41.7)

13.8 (6.3-26.0)

0.001

Acanthosis (yes)*

2 (6.5%)

7 (10.8%)

1 (3.1%)

0.432

Physical activity (yes)

17 (53.1%)

43 (62.3%)

24 (72.7%)

0.103

Family history of DM2 (yes)

24 (72.7%)

43 (66.2%)

26 (81.3%)

0.457

Total insulin dose (IU/day)

48 (20–340)

52.5 (17–161)

36 (8–85)

0.041

Total Cholesterol (mg/dl)

166 (104–322)

166 (85–240)

165 (76–250)

0.853

HDL (mg/dl)

56 (27–87)

52 (32–124)

58 (32–107)

0.474

LDL (mg/dl)

100 (57–252)

96 (20–178)

93 (35–150)

0.357

  1. P-value: Jonckheere-Terpstra test, Chi-square for trends, Fisher Exact Test* for comparisons of medians, frequencies and frequencies.
  2. Body mass index = weight (kg)/height (m)2.
  3. §Patients who underwent densitometry for the analysis of body composition (n = 64).