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Table 1 General characteristics of the studied samples

From: Risk factors for sexual dysfunction in Romanian women with type 1 diabetes mellitus and chronic autoimmune thyroiditis: a comparative cross-sectional study

Parameters

Controls (women with T1DM) (n = 101)

Women with T1DM and CAT (n = 104)

p-value

Actual age (years)a

30.79 ± 5.69

31.24 ± 6.86

0.61

DM onset age (years)a

10.81 ± 7.59

12.52 ± 11.67

0.21

CAT onset age (years)a

NA

20.46 ± 9.23

NA

BMI (kg/m2)a

23.61 ± 2.69

23.32 ± 3.32

0.49

TC (mg %)a

156.37 ± 40.97

171.035 ± 53.73

0.029

HDLc (mg %)a

54.53 ± 8.31

51.66 ± 19.04

0.16

LDLc (mg %)a

73.11 ± 33.31

102.11 ± 34.68

 < 0.001

TG (mg %)a

143.60 ± 80.94

86.28 ± 53.66

 < 0.001

Hypercholesterolemiab

15 (14.85%)

29 (27.88%)

0.023

Depressionb

19 (18.8%)

43 (41.3%)

 < 0.001

DM duration (years)a

19.68 ± 10.66

18.72 ± 9.42

0.49

Fasting glycemia (mg %)a

162.10 ± 86.74

179.11 ± 85.69

0.159

HbA1c (%)a

8.14 ± 2.88

9.9 ± 3.39

 < 0.001

Use of insulin pumpc

10 (9.9%)

16 (15.4%)

0.238

Thyroid disease duration (years)a

NA

10.76 ± 7.52

NA

TSH (Miu/ml)a

2.17 ± 1.25

11.18 ± 18.21

 < 0.001

FT4 (pmol/l)a

11.46 ± 5.35

9.62 ± 6.09

0.021

ANTITPO AB (UI/ml)a

9.29 ± 7.96

360.81 ± 345.94

 < 0.001

ANTITG AB (UI/ml)a

25.12 ± 12.93

410.36 ± 410.45

 < 0.001

  1. DM diabetes mellitus, CAT chronic autoimmune thyroiditis, BMI body mass index, TC total cholesterol, HDLc high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDLc low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG triglycerides, TSH thyroid-stimulating hormone, FT4 thyroxine
  2. aContinuous variables (with Gaussian distribution) are indicated as mean (± SD)
  3. bCategorical variables are presented as percentage (absolute frequency) in the sample