Table 4 Clinical and laboratorial variables and their influence on the QoL of T1DM patients in each geographical region of Brazil

Mean age (years ± SD)

22.5 ± 9^╪

24.6 ± 11

24.4 ± 11

25.6 ± 10

<0.05

Monthly family income (number of minimum wages ± SD)

2.12 ± 1^╪

2.49 ± 1.6

2.42 ± 1.3

2.47 ± 1.3

<0.05

Practice of physical activity (n)

499 (54 %)

635 (53 %)

492 (68 %)^╝

97 (53 %)

NS

Duration of Type 1 DM (years ± SD)

8.6 ± 6.6^╦

12.2 ± 8.9

11.6 ± 8.4

10.3 ± 7.8

<0.05

HbA1c (% ± SD)

9.6 ± 2.6^┼

9.2 ± 2.4

9.5 ± 2.1

9.2 ± 2.7

<0.05

Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dl)

185 ± 112

187 ± 109

174 ± 93

171 ± 99

NS

Microvascular complications (%)

22.9^╦

32.4

32

32.1

<0.05

Macrovascular complications (%)

4^┼

7.2^╞

4.3

5.2

<0.05

Micro and macrovascular complications (%)

24.8^╦

35.5

33.8

32.8

<0.05