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Table 1 Demographic features and laboratory investigations of the patients and control

From: The genetic influence of PD-1/PD-L1 axis single nucleotide polymorphisms on the incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus in pediatric Egyptian patients

Variables

Patients (T1DM)

Control

p value

Sex (%)

   

Female

52 (65.0%)

24(31.6%)

0.001

Male

28 (35.0%)

52 (68.4%)

 

Age (mean ± SD)

10.0 ± 3.2

8.8 ± 2.8

0.011

Age at diagnosis (years)

2.36 ± 2.41

BMI SDS (mean ± SD)

19.9 ± 5.0

21.1 ± 1.2

0.043

HbA1c (%) (mean ± SD)

9.8 ± 2.1

4.6 ± 1.2

 < 0.001

Alb/creat. ratio (mg alb/g creat)

   

Yes

64 (80.0%)

No

16 (20.0%)

Fasting blood glucose (mg/dl)

159.1 ± 38.6

78.1 ± 8.2

 < 0.001

  1. TIDM, type 1 diabetes mellitus; SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; SDS, standard deviation score; Alb/creat. ratio, albumin/creatinine ratio