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.
| Variable | All | Males | Females | T1DM () | CG () | | T1DM () | CG () | | T1DM () | CG () | |
| Age (years) | | | 0.311 | | | 0.867 | | | 0.101 | Height (cm) | | | 0.428 | | | 0.357 | | | 0.413 | Weight (kg) | | | 0.070 | | | 0.054 | | | 0.304 | BMI (kg/m2) | | | 0.164 | | | 0.102 | | | 0.650 | Age of diagnosis (years) | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | Disease duration (years) | | — | — | | — | — | | — | — | HbA1c (%) | | | ≤0.001 | | | ≤0.001 | | | ≤0.001 | β-Crosslaps (pg/ml) | | | 0.001 | | | 0.028 | | | 0.005 | TP1NP (pg/ml) | | | 0.178 | | | 0.589 | | | 0.392 |
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Data are expressed as . : number of patients; BMI: body mass index. |