Research Article

Bone Mineral Density in Adult Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Assessed by Both DXA and QCT

Table 1

General characteristics of the participants in the study and gender distribution.

VariableAllMalesFemales
T1DM ()CG ()T1DM ()CG ()T1DM ()CG ()

Age (years)0.3110.8670.101
Height (cm)0.4280.3570.413
Weight (kg)0.0700.0540.304
BMI (kg/m2)0.1640.1020.650
Age of diagnosis (years)
Disease duration (years)
HbA1c (%)≤0.001≤0.001≤0.001
β-Crosslaps (pg/ml)0.0010.0280.005
TP1NP (pg/ml)0.1780.5890.392

Data are expressed as . : number of patients; BMI: body mass index.