The Association of Autoimmune Diseases with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Children Depends Also by the Length of Partial Clinical Remission Phase (Honeymoon)

Table 2

Comparison of characteristics of patients divided for partial clinical remission duration.

	Partial clinical remission < 297 days	Partial clinical remission ≥ 297 days	value
Age (years)	15.6	15.4	= 279 NS
Gender (%)	M: 36 F: 64	M: 58 F: 42	χ square 6–405 DF = 1; = 0.011
HCO3^- at onset (mg/dl)	18.7	19.3	T = −1.323; = 0.0188
BMI (kg/m2)	20.7	17.6	= 0.01
Duration of DM (years)	12.1	12.4	T = −0–574; = 0.566 NS

The mean duration of honeymoon phase was 297 days as correlated with literature (an average is 9.2 months). In the study population; female sex, low HCO₃ levels at the onset of DM had a high predictive value on patients who did not experience more than 297 days Partial Clinical Remission.