Limited Joint Mobility Progression in Type 1 Diabetes: A 15-Year Follow-Up Study

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of diabetic patients ().

	Baseline	Follow-up
Age (years)	27.4 (12.5)	42.9 (12.3)
Female sex	19 (51.4)	19 (51.4)
Age at diabetes diagnosis (years)	19.8 (10.6)	19.8 (10.6)
Duration of diabetes (years)	7.7 (6.1)	22.6 (5.9)
BMI (kg/m2)	23.0 (3.0)	26.6 (4.0)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	118.8 (14.6)	126.6 (19.5)
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	71.1 (9.1)	72.1 (10.9)
HbA1 (%)	11.2 (1.7)
HbA1c (%)		8.1 (1.5)^a
Insulin dose (U/kg)	0.75 (0.18)	0.83 (0.17)
Smoking	5 (13.5)	8 (21.6)
Hypertension	6 (16.2)	9 (24.3)
Dyslipidemia	2 (5.4)	8 (21.6)
Retinopathy	13 (35.1)	18 (48.6)
Microalbuminuria	7 (18.9)	16 (43.2)^b

Values are mean (SD) or number of patients (%). BMI: body mass index; ^amean HbA1c values of the last 10 years of follow-up; ^btwo patients showed macroalbuminuria at the end of follow-up.