Table 2

Clinical data for normoalbuminuric and microalbuminuric patients (univarate analysis)

Normoalbuminuric Microalbuminuric p Value
n909 (90.3%)98 (9.7%)<0.001
Gender
 Male471 (51.8%)27 (27.5%)<0.0001
 Female438 (48.2%)71 (72.5%)
Age (years) (median, range)13.9 (10.1–20.2)14.7 (10.6–19.6)<0.001
Duration (years) (median, range)5.6 (1.1–19.9)7.8 (1.7–15.9)<0.001
Pubertal status
 Prepubertal126 (13.9%)5 (5.1%)
 Pubertal and postpubertal782 (86.1%)93 (94.9%)<0.05
HbA1C (%) (geometric mean, range)7.15 (3.7–16.8)7.76 (4.3–12.5)0.001
Insulin dose (unit/kg/24 h) (median, range)1.01 (0.17–3.01)1.03 (0.58–3.03)NS
Systolic BP (mm Hg) (mean (SD))112.7 (13.1)115.6 (14.5)
Standard deviation scores for systolic BP (mean (SD))−0.171 (1.070)0.023 (1.193)NS
Diastolic BP (mm Hg) (mean (SD))65.7 (11.6)67.6 (12.2)
Standard deviation scores for diastolic BP (mean (SD))0.402 (1.17)0.572 (1.251)NS
BMI (kg/m2) (mean (SD))21.0 (3.4)21.7 (3.7)
Standardised scores for BMI (mean (SD))0.614 (0.955)0.581 (1.030)NS
Standardised scores for height (mean (SD))0.034 (1.058)−0.104 (1.178)NS
  • BP, blood pressure; BMI, body mass index.