High Risk of Early Cataracts in Young Type 1 Diabetes Group: A Nationwide Cohort Study

Table 1

The demographic features of the type 1 diabetes (T1D) group and the matched group selected from the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database (LHID). The distribution of age and gender was similar between the two groups.

	T1D	LHID	value
Age, yrs (mean ± SD)	20.33 ± 13.86	20.74 ± 14.21	0.214
<10(%)	918 (25.4)	918 (25.4)	1.000
10–19(%)	1169 (32.3)	1169 (32.3)
20–29(%)	717 (19.8)	717 (19.8)
30–39(%)	476 (13.1)	476 (13.1)
40–49(%)	220 (6.1)	220 (6.1)
50–59(%)	74 (2.0)	74 (2.0)
60+(%)	48 (1.3)	48 (1.3)
Male(%)	1752 (48.4)	1752 (48.4)	1.000
Steroid use(%)	770 (21.3)	1035 (28.6)	<0.001
Total	3622	3622