Adolescents and Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes Present Changes in Arterial Compliance and Resistance and Increased Arterial Stiffness

Table 1

Sample characterization.

Variables	Control, N = 45	T1DM, N = 45	P-value
Age (years)	16.60 ± 2.65	16.62 ± 2.56	0.9513^w
Sex (M/F)	(19/26)	(19/26)	—
Weight (kg)	54.15 ± 13.12	59.98 ± 13.34	0.0394^t
Height (m)	1.75 ± 0.93	1.61 ± 0.09	0.3657^w
Body surface (cm^2)	1.54 ± 0.29	1.62 ± 0.21	0.1764^w
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	20.36 ± 2.58	22.95 ± 4.25	0.0021^w
HbA1c (%)	—	9.82 ± 2.19	—
Disease duration (years)	—	8.96 ± 3.13	—
Classification of associated diseases (%)
	—	Celiac disease (15.55); Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (15.55); Dyslipidemia (15.55); Primary amenorrhea (15.55); Autism (4.44); Epilepsy (2.22); ADD (2.22); Falsiform anemia (2.22); Cardiac arrhythmia (2.22)	—
Weight classification (%)
	Eutrophic (91)	Eutrophic (71)	—
	Overweight (9)	Overweight (20)	—
	—	Obesity (9)	—

Data are represented as mean ± SD. P-values refer to the following: w = Mann–Whitney test and t = Student’s t-test for independent samples; ADD, attention deficit disorder.