The Relationship between Metabolic Control and Growth in Children with Type I Diabetes Mellitus in Southwest of Iran

Table 1

Comparison of relationship between gender and metabolic control.

Gender (sex)	Metabolic control	Poor	Intermediate	Good
Female	Number	10	21	13
	Percentage	22.7	47.7	29.5
Male	Number	7	14	18
	Percentage	17.9	35.9	46.2
Total	Number	17	35	31
	Percentage	20.5	42.2	37.3

We use chi-square test to determine the relationship between gender and metabolic control that there was no significant difference ().
Although this difference was not statistically significant, good metabolic control in male was higher than female (resp., 46.2% versus 29.5%).