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Table 5 Clinical and biochemical characteristics at last follow-up

From: Adult-onset autoimmune diabetes: comparative analysis of classical and latent presentation

 

T1DM

LADA

p

Diabetes duration at the last follow-up, years, median (IQR)

8.0 (7.5)

11.0 (10.5)

0.023*

A1C (%), median (IQR)

7.7 (1.9)

8.2 (1.7)

0.268

BMI (kg/m2), mean (± SD)

[n]

25.6 (± 4.3)

[42]

27.4 (± 5.2)

[41]

0.086

Normal weight, n/total (%)

21/42 (50.0%)

13/41 (31.8%)

0.090

Overweight, n/total (%)

14/42 (33.3%)

14/41 (34.1%)

0.938

Obesity, n/total (%)

7/42 (16.7%)

14/41 (34.1%)

0.067

Hypertension, n/total (%)

25/46 (54.3%)

30/46 (65.2%)

0.288

Dyslipidaemia, n/total (%)

29/46 (63.0%)

35/46 (76.1%)

0.174

Total cholesterol, mean (± SD)

183.7 (± 41.4)

177.6 (± 41.6)

0.494

HDL cholesterol, median (IQR)

53.0 (26.0)

46.3 (14.0)

0.128

LDL cholesterol, mean (± SD)

113.6 (± 39.4)

113.6 (± 37.3)

0.998

Triglycerides, median (IQR)

85.0 (43.0)

93.5 (95.0)

0.371

Metabolic syndrome, n/total (%)

25/45 (55.6%)

38/46 (82.6%)

0.005**

  1. *Independent-samples Mann–Whitney test
  2. **Chi square test