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Table 1 Demographic data and descriptive comparison between sexes

From: Attachment in close relationships and glycemic outcomes in children with type 1 diabetes

 

All

Females

Males

p

 

N = 101

N = 50

N = 51

 

Age in years

11.80 ± 2.09

12.04 ± 2.05

11.57 ± 2.13

0.236

Duration of T1D in years

5.31 ± 3.44

5.17 ± 3.23

5.45 ± 3.66

0.938

Hba1c average—% (mmol/mol)

8.03 (64) ± 0.96

8.10 (65) ± 1.07

7.97 (64) ± 0.84

0.770

Hba1c variability

0.075 ± 0.36

0.081 ± 0.04

0.070 ± 0.04

0.051

 

N = 74

N = 35

N = 39

 

TIR (% in 70–180 mg/dL)

48.78 ± 13.79

49.04 ± 13.38

48.45 ± 14.32

0.879

Average sensor glucose (CGM/BGM) (mg/dL)

183.30 ± 31.22

183.14 ± 33.94

183.44 ± 29.01

0.996

 

N = 101

N = 50

N = 51

 

Morning serum cortisol (ng/mL)

421.57 ± 147.03

410.65 ± 149.51

432.27 ± 145.30

0.472

CAI secure to at least one parent

65 (64.4%)

37 (74.0%)

28 (54.9%)

0.045

CAI secure to mother

63 (62.3%)

36 (72.0%)

27 (52.9%)

0.044

CAI insecure to mother

36 (35.6%)

13 (27.0%)

23 (36.1%)

 

ECR-RS avoidance

N = 93

2.55 ± 0.94

N = 48

2.70 ± 1.04

N = 45

2.38 ± 0.79

0.089

ECR-RS anxiety

1.76 ± 0.90

1.73 ± 0.81

1.79 ± 0.99

0.895

Divorced family/living with one parent

N = 96

19 (19.8%)

N = 48

10 (20.8%)

N = 48

9 (18.8%)

0.798

Mother education level

N = 93

N = 48

N = 45

 

Finished secondary school

48 (51.6%)

24 (51.1%)

24 (52.2%)

0.724

Finished university

22 (23.7%)

12 (25.5%)

10 (21.7%)

 

Father education level

N = 93

N = 47

N = 46

 

Finished secondary school

57 (61.3%)

29 (60.4%)

28 (62.2%)

0.866

Finished university

15 (16.1%)

8 (16.7%)

7 (15.6%)

 

Mother employed

N = 94

80 (85.1%)

N = 47

39 (83.0%)

N = 47

41 (87.2%)

0.562

Father employed

N = 93

81 (87.1%)

N = 48

43 (89.6%)

N = 45

38 (84.49%)

0.460

  1. Data are Mean ± SD or N (%)
  2. TIR time in range, CAI Child Attachment Interview, ECR-RS Relationship Structures Questionnaire; Between-group comparisons: Student’s t-test or Pearson’s χ2 test, Mann–Whitney U-test, statistical significance p < 0.05 (bold)