High Levels of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate in Children at the Onset of Diabetes

Table 1

Anthropometric characteristics of study population.

Groups/auxological data	T1DM ( 25)	Controls ( 19)	value
Age (years)			0.001
Mean ± SD	8.04 ± 2.90	10.7 ± 2.77
Median	8.28	11.2
GM	7.46	10.1
Height (cm)			0.970
Mean ± SD	127.7 ± 17.4	128.0 ± 12.6
Median	132.0	131.9
GM	126.6	127.4
Weight (kg)			0.546
Mean ± SD	28.3 ± 9.92	29.5 ± 8.17
Median	28.0	29.2
GM	26.7	28.4
BMI (kg/m^2)			0.356
Mean ± SD	16.9 ± 2.27	17.7 ± 2.78
Median	15.9	17.1
GM	16.8	17.5
-BMI			0.273
Mean ± SD	0.21 ± 0.94	0.01 ± 1.04
Median	0.00	−0.15
GM	—	—

BMI: body mass index; -BMI: -score body mass index; GM: geometric mean; SD: standard deviation; SDS: standard deviation score; T1DM: type 1 diabetes.