A Study of Bone Mineral Density and Its Determinants in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 2

Comparison between T1DM patients and age and sex matched controls (demography and calcium metabolism parameters) (expressed as mean ± SD).

	T1DM (𝑛=75)	Control (𝑛=140)	P value
Demography
Age (years)	27.2±11.2	27.2±11.1	0.44
Sex (M/F)	53/22	100/40
Anthropometry
Height (cm)	159±22	161.2±21	0.49
Weight (kg)	58.7±14.2	59.4±16.1	0.75
BMI (kg/m^2)	23.2±8.2	23.4±8.8	0.43
Body fat %	28.2±11.2	30.2±12.9	0.25
Calcium metabolism parameters
Calcium corrected (mg%) (8.5–10.5)	8.67±0.64	8.72±0.52	0.52
Phosphorus (mg%) (3–5.5%)	3.7±0.42	3.4±0.37	0.88
Creatinine (mg%) (0.6–1.3)	0.9±0.12	0.9±0.14	0.84
Alkaline phosphatase (30–120 IU/mL)	56.3±12.1	53.2±11.4	0.98
25(OH) vitamin D3 (ng/mL)	41.2±26.7	50.8±38.4	0.08
Vitamin D; deficiency (<30 ng/mL)	16 (21%)	17 (12%)	0.42