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Table 1 Baseline characteristics for the 284 patients with T1DM presented for all and gender specified

From: Gender, alexithymia and physical inactivity associated with abdominal obesity in type 1 diabetes mellitus: a cross sectional study at a secondary care hospital diabetes clinic

 

All

Men

Women

P a

N

284

159

125

 

Age (years)

42 (32, 51; 18–59)

43 (32, 52)

41 (30, 50)

0.12b

Diabetes duration (years)

20 (11, 30; 1–55)

21 (11–32)

19 (11, 29)

0.26b

Abdominal obesityc

49 (17)

13 (8)

36 (29)

<0.001

General obesityd

34 (12)

11 (7)

23 (18)

0.005

High HbA1ce

78 (28)

39 (24)

39 (31)

0.23

Smoking f

28 (10)

18 (12)

10 (8)

0.42

Physical inactivityg

31 (11)

18 (12)

13 (11)

0.85

Cardiovascular complications

10 (4)

6 (4)

4 (3)

>0.99

Clinical psychiatric diagnoses

38 (13)

16 (10)

22 (17)

0.079

Antidepressants

23 (8)

11 (7)

12 (10)

0.51

MDIIh and OAAi

17 (6)

6 (4)

11 (9)

0.15

CSIIj

26 (9)

13 (8)

13 (10)

MDIIh

241 (85)

140 (88)

101 (81)

  1. Data are n (%) or median (q1, q3; min-max)
  2. aFisher’s exact test unless otherwise specified
  3. bMann-Whitney U test
  4. cAbdominal obesity: WC men/women (meters): ≥ 1.02/≥ 0.88
  5. dGeneral obesity: BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2
  6. eHigh HbA1c: >8.6% (>70 mmol/mol)
  7. Missing values men/women: f n = 6/6; g n = 6/6
  8. hMultiple daily insulin injections
  9. iOral antidiabetic agents. j Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion