Low empowerment and diabetes regimen distress are related to HbA1c in low income type 1 diabetes patients in a Brazilian tertiary public hospital

Table 1 Clinical, demographic and laboratorial characteristics of T1D patients

Variable (n = 63)	Mean	SD
Age	31.65	8.93
Years of T1D	16.05	8.57
Education	11.59	3.63
Number of glucose self-measures/day	3.00	2.70
Number of complications	1.00	1.13
HbA1c	10%	2%
Cholesterol	180.59	46.29
HDL	53.29	12.44
LDL	104.42	43.36
Triglycerides	103.74	72.65
VLDL	20.29	12.83

Variable	N (%)	N (%)
Gender	40 (63.49%) Female	23 (36.51%) Male
Income	51 (80.95%)—until 3 minimal Brazilian wage	12 (19.05%)—above 3 minimal Brazilian wage
Conjugal status	26 (41.27%)—have a partner	37 (58.73%)—don’t have a partner

Descriptive analyses: age (years), time of T1D (years), education (years), self-reported number of self glucose measures/day, Col, HDL, LDL, VLDL, triglycerides (mg/dL), sex (%), income, according IBGE

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