Thyroid Dysfunction among Greek Patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus as a Disregarded Comorbidity

Table 1

Characteristics of patients with T1DM and T2DM.

	Type 1 diabetes mellitus	Type 2 diabetes mellitus
1015 patients; (60.4% men)	12.6 (%)	87.4 (%)
Sex (men/women)	58.4/41.6 (%)	52.8/47.2 (%)
Mean age	47.5 + 1.4 years	67.5 + 0.3 years	<0.001
Mean duration of diabetes	23.6 + 1.1 years	15.9 + 0.3 years	<0.001
Hypothyroidism	43.5%	37.1%	ns
Nodular goiter	18.8%	34.1%	<0.05

The mean difference is significant at the 0.05 level.