High Interleukin-12 Levels May Prevent an Increase in the Amount of Fungi in the Gastrointestinal Tract during the First Years of Diabetes Mellitus Type 1

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of T1DM children and adolescents versus control subjects.

	T1DM children and adolescents	Control subjects	value
Age (years)	10.9 ± 3.9	10.3 ± 4.9
Duration; of diabetes (years)	5.0 ± 3.0	—	—
HbA1c (%)	7.72 ± 1.24	4.3 ± 0.87
hsCRP (mg/L)	2.45 ± 2.27	0.585 ± 0.36
IL12 (pg/ml)	261.1 ± 187.8	50.12 ± 26.53
Cand IgG (DU)	15.8 ± 17.7	4.60 ± 3.08
Cand IgM (DU)	Not detected (—)	Not detected (—)	—

Data are presented as means ± s.d. with T1DM children and adolescents versus control subjects.