Not Only Glycaemic But Also Other Metabolic Factors Affect T Regulatory Cell Counts and Proinflammatory Cytokine Levels in Women with Type 1 Diabetes

Table 2

Definitions of the grouping variables.

Grouping variable	Groups	Group definition
HbA1c	1 (perfect or acceptable T1D stabilization)	HbA1c < 7.5% DCCT
	2 (not very well stabilized)	HbA1c according to DCCT in the range of 7.5 to 9.0%
	3 (badly compensated)	HbA1c > 9.0% DCCT
Glycaemic variability	1 (acceptable glycaemia variability)	Glycaemia SD ≤ 1/3 of mean glycaemia
	2 (high glycaemia variability)	Glycaemia SD > 1/3 of mean glycaemia
eGDR	RG	eGDR < 7.5
	NRG	eGDR ≥ 7.5
The presence of chronic diabetic complications	0 (no complication)
	1 (one chronic diabetic complication present)
	2 (two or more chronic diabetic complications present)
LDL cholesterol	0 (low and normal values)	LDL < 2.5 mmol/l
	1 (increased levels)	LDL ≥ 2.5 mmol/l
Hypertension	0 (low and normal values)	Blood pressure < 130/80
	1 (increased blood pressure values or treatment with antihypertensive drugs)