Midnight salivary cortisol secretion and the use of antidepressants were associated with abdominal obesity in women with type 1 diabetes: a cross sectional study

Table 3 Comparisons between patients with and without abdominal obesity presented for each sex

	Abdominal obesity
	Women			Men
	Yes	No	p ^a	Yes	No	p ^a
N	21	65		8	96
Age (years)	45 (32, 50)	40 (31, 51)	0.81	52 (37, 58)	44 (32, 52)	0.17
Diabetes duration (years)	23 (13, 28)	18 (9, 29)	0.59	20 (10, 44)	21 (12, 33)	0.90
MSC^b (nmol/l)	7.1 (5.1, 8.8)	5.0 (2.9, 7.8)	0.030	3.8 (2.5, 5.4)	4.8 (3.1, 7.2)	0.37
MSC^b
High^c	13 (62)	24 (37)	0.007^f	1 (12)	26 (27)	0.29^f
Intermediate^d	7 (33)	17 (26)		3 (38)	37 (38)
Low^e	1 (5)	24 (37)		4 (50)	33 (34)
Smoking^g	1 (5)	4 (6)	> 0.99^h	1 (12)	10 (11)	> 0.99^h
Physical inactivityⁱ	4 (19)	5 (8)	0.22^h	0	10 (11)	> 0.99^h
Physical activityⁱ (times per week)
> 5	7 (33.3)	25 (41)	0.31^f	2 (25)	35 (38)	0.82^f
3–5	7 (33.3)	20 (33)		3 (37.5)	29 (31)
1–2	3 (14.3)	11 (18)		3 (37.5)	19 (20)
< 1	4 (19)	5 (8)		0	10 (11)
Depression	2 (10)	6 (9)	> 0.99^h	2 (25)	10 (10)	0.23^h
Alexithymia	6 (29)	11 (17)	0.34^h	3 (38)	10 (10)	0.060^h
Antidepressants	6 (29)	3 (5)	0.006^h	0	4 (4)	> 0.99^h

Data are n (%) or median (q₁, q₃). ^aMann–Whitney U test unless otherwise indicated. ^bMidnight salivary cortisol, ^c≥ 6.7 nmol/l, ^d≥ 3.7 to < 6.7 nmol/l, ^e< 3.7 nmol/l. ^fLinear-by-linear association. Missing values (women/men): ^gn = 3/2. ^h Fisher’s exact test. Missing values (women/men): ⁱn = 4/3

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