Longitudinal Height Growth in Children and Adolescents with Type-1 Diabetes Mellitus Compared to Controls in Pune, India

Table 5

Regression coefficients β (SE) of size, timing, and intensity on the covariates.

	Boys (N = 184)		Girls (N = 232)
	β (SE)	P	β (SE)	P
Size (cm)
Midparental height (z-score)	3.3 (0.6)	<0.001	3.4 (0.5)	<0.001
Age at diabetes diagnosis (years)	1.1 (0.2)	<0.001	1.1 (0.2)	<0.001
Diabetes duration (years)	0.4 (0.2)	0.04	0.8 (0.2)	<0.001
Mean HbA1c (%)	−8 (5)	0.1	−15 (5)	0.001
Timing (months)
Midparental height (z-score)	3.4 (1.4)	0.013	0.4 (1.0)	0.7
Age at diabetes diagnosis (years)	4.7 (0.6)	<0.001	3.9 (0.4)	<0.001
Diabetes duration (years)	5.1 (0.6)	<0.001	4.4 (0.4)	<0.001
Mean HbA1c (%)	−9 (11)	0.4	−20 (9)	0.03
Intensity (%)
Midparental height (z-score)	6.4 (2.2)	0.003	3.5 (2.2)	0.1
Age at diabetes diagnosis (years)	4.8 (0.8)	<0.001	1.9 (0.9)	0.04
Diabetes duration (years)	3.8 (0.9)	<0.001	2.4 (1.1)	0.03
Mean HbA1c (%)	−17 (17)	0.3	−39 (23)	0.1

N denotes the number of subjects included in the analysis.