Research Article
Complications during Adolescence Predict Mortality in Young Adults with Childhood Onset Type 1 Diabetes
Table 1
Characteristics at final visit for cohort, alive, and deceased.
| | All | Alive | Deceased | p^ |
| | n | 409 | 395 | 14 | — | | Male | 196 (48) | 188 (48) | 8 (57) | 0.48 | | Age (years) | 17.4 (16.0–18.9) | 17.4 (16.0–18.9) | 17.5 (16.4–18.7) | 0.85 | | Duration (years) | 9.3 (5.9–12.3) | 9.3 (6.0–12.3) | 6.9 (5.3–12.1) | 0.34 | | HbA1c | 8.8 (7.8–10.0) | 8.8 (7.7–10.0) | 8.7 (7.9–9.4) | 0.76 | | SBP-SDS | 0.43 (0.0–0.92) | 0.46 (0.0–0.9) | 0.01 (−0.8–0.5) | 0.07 | | DBP-SDS | 0.77 (0.33–1.4) | 0.77 (0.34–1.4) | 0.6 (0.1–1.2) | 0.32 | | BMI-SDS | 0.59 (0.1–1.0) | 0.61 (0.1–1.1) | 0.4 (0.1–0.9) | 0.53 | | Retinopathy | 176/388 (45) | 173/377 (46) | 3/11 (27) | 0.22 | | Elevated AER | 115/291 (40) | 18/375 (5) | 5/10 (50) | 0.50 | | Microalbuminuria | 23/277 (8) | 23/268 (9) | 0/9 | 0.36 | | Peripheral neuropathy | 62/393 (16) | 58/380 (15) | 4/13 (31) | 0.13 | | Cardiac autonomic neuropathy | 79/391 (20) | 73/378 (19) | 6/13 (46) | 0.02 | | Abnormal pupillary response | 70/232 (30) | 67/224 (30) | 3/8 (38) | 0.65 | | Resting pupillary diameter < 4.77 mm | 22/232 (10) | 20/224 (9) | 2/8 (25) | 0.13 |
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Data are n (%) or median (IQR). #Urine sample not available for four of deceased group at last visit. ^Comparing deceased vs. alive.
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