Research Article

Not Only Glycaemic But Also Other Metabolic Factors Affect T Regulatory Cell Counts and Proinflammatory Cytokine Levels in Women with Type 1 Diabetes

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the study population.

MedianRange

Age (years)3522–42
Diabetes duration (years)126–27
BMI23.118.5–35
Insulin units per kg0.70.4–1.4

Present

Autoimmune thyroiditis21/28
Other autoimmune disease2/28
Hypertension8/28
Dyslipidaemia9/28
But only 1 treated
Diabetic retinopathy12/28
Diabetic neuropathy11/28
Diabetic nephropathy8/28
Diabetic foot syndrome1/28
Multiple chronic complications (2 and more)11/28