Research Article
Physical Activity in Adolescent Females with Type 1 Diabetes
Table 1
Characteristics of study participants.
| | Total participants ( = 203) | Non-Hispanic White ( = 172) | Hispanic ( = 31) |
| | Age at visit (years) | 15.5 ± 2.6 | 15.5 ± 2.8 | 15.7 ± 1.8 | | Duration of diabetes (years) | 6.3 ± 4.7 | 6.4 ± 4.8 | 6.0 ± 4.1 | | A1c (%) | 9.3 ± 1.9 | 9.2 ± 1.9 | 9.8 ± 1.9 | | Insulin dose (units/kg body weight/day) | 0.98 ± 0.34 | 0.95 ± 0.32 | 1.1 ± 0.42 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 23.3 ± 3.7 | 23.2 ± 3.5 | 24.0 ± 4.5 | | BMI z score | 0.41 ± 0.83 | 0.37 ± 0.81 | 0.64 ± 0.85 | | Blood Pressure | | | | | Systolic (mm Hg) | 112 ± 14 | 111 ± 15 | 114 ± 9 | | Diastolic (mm Hg) | 66 ± 9 | 66 ± 9 | 67 ± 9 | | Resting Pulse | 83.5 ± 13.0 | 83.6 ± 13.1 | 84.3 ± 12.5 | | Total Physical activity | | | | | (Number of days over the last week that the subject was physically active for at least 60 minutes per day) | 2.6 ± 2.3 | 2.9 ± 2.3 | 1.9 ± 2.0* | | Typical Physical activity | | | | | (In a typical week the number of days that they are physically active for at least 60 minutes per day) | 3.1 ± 2.2 | 3.3 ± 2.1 | 2.3 ± 2.09* | | Met physical activity guidelines (%[12]) | 4.7% | 5.3% | 2.5% |
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for NHW versus Hispanic.
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