Research Article

Longitudinal Analysis of Adiponectin through 20-Year Type 1 Diabetes Duration

Table 2

Results from the longitudinal model predicting log adiponectin.

PredictorEstimate valuePercent difference in adiponectin95% CI for percent difference

Age, per 1 year
 For females0.0190.002*1.91.1, 2.7
 For males0.0101.00.3, 1.7
Female versus male
 At 10 years of age0.0470.002*
 At 20 years0.13714.75.6, 24.5
 At 30 years0.22625.313.0, 39.1
Tanner stage of 20.1120.02411.80.8, 24.1
Weight, per 5 kg−0.0380.0043.72.3, 5.2
Waist, per 5 cm−0.0360.0213.51.1, 5.8
HbA1c, per 1%0.040<0.00014.12.4, 5.6
HbA1c, per 10 mmol/mol0.036<0.00013.72.1, 4.7
(insulin dose), per 1 unit0.030*
 At 1-year duration0.169
 At 4 years0.093
 At 7 years0.016
 At 9 years−0.034
 At 20 years−0.314
(UACR), per 1 unit<0.0001*
 At 1-year duration−0.026
 At 4 years−0.009
 At 7 years0.008
 At 9 years0.019
 At 20 years0.0828.55.4, 11.7

Results from repeated measures model with compound symmetry variance matrix and robust standard errors.
*P value for interaction terms. Bold indicates significance at P < 0.05.