Table 1 Sociodemographic, clinical and laboratorial characteristics of T1D patients divided by age (Qui-square, Fisher and Mann–Whitney test)
Variable | Age < 25 (n = 21) Mean ± SD/median | Age ≥ 25 (n = 49) Mean ± SD/median | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 21.14 ± 1.65/21.00 | 35.41 ± 7.02/34.00 | < 0.0001 |
Scholarity | 11.43 ± 3.03/12.00 | 11.59 ± 3.92/12.00 | 0.8748 |
Years of T1D | 10.19 ± 6.26/11.00 | 18.55 ± 7.94/20.00 | < 0.0001 |
Chronic complications | 0.76 ± 0.94/0.00 | 1.39 ± 1.15/1.00 | 0.0338 |
Self-monitoring | 3.00 ± 2.39/3.00 | 3.16 ± 2.82/3.00 | 0.9585 |
Cholesterol | 167.14 ± 38.30/169.00 | 185.22 ± 47.08/179.00 | 0.2333 |
HDL-c | 53.52 ± 10.65/53.00 | 52.92 ± 13.03/51.00 | 0.6124 |
LDL-c | 91.10 ± 28.00/85.00 | 109.19 ± 45.67/98.50 | 0.1002 |
VLDL-c | 111.52 ± 80.85/87.00 | 19.95 ± 10.65/17.00 | 0.8513 |
Triglycerides | 111.52 ± 80.85/87.00 | 102.69 ± 67.60/86.00 | 0.6340 |
HbA1c | 10% ± 2%/11% | 10% ± 2%/9% | 0.1547 |
Income | 85.71%a; 14.29%b | 77.55%a; 22.45%b | 0.5292 |