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Table 1 Overview of the study population

From: Ultrasound point shear wave elastography of the pancreas: comparison of patients with type 1 diabetes and healthy volunteers – results from a pilot study

 

Mean ± SD median (min-max) IQR

Whole population

Patients with type 1 diabetes

Healthy volunteers

p-value

Sex

 Male

20 (66.7%)

10 (66.7%)

10 (66.7%)

1.0

 Female

10 (33.3%)

5 (33.3%)

5 (33.3%)

Age [years]

31.8 ± 9.6

32.1 ± 9.5

31.4 ± 10.1

0.9006

30 (20.0–54.0)

30.0 (20.0–50.0)

28.0 (21.0–54.0)

17,0

17,0

17,0

BMI [kg/m2]

23.7 ± 2.7

24.3 ± 3.0

23.3 ± 2.4

0.3947

22.9 (19.9–29.4)

24.8 (19.9–29.4)

22.3 (20.8–28.9)

3,7

5,1

3,0

Duration of diabetes [months]

 

45.7 ± 42.3

  

25.0 (5.0–125.0)

61,0

HbA1c [%]

 

6.7 ± 0.9

5.2 ± 0.2

< 0.0001

7.0 (5.4–8.0)

5.2 (4.8–5.6)

1,5

0,3

Fasting glucose [mg/dl]

 

111.2 ± 37.0

90.0 ± 7.8

0.0777

102.0 (66.0–191.0)

89.0 (73.0–104.0)

51,0

11,0

C peptidea [μg/l]

 

0.9 ± 0.7

1.6 ± 0.5

0.0082

0.7 (0.1–2.0)

1.6 (0.8–2.8)

1,1

0,4

Basal insulin (IU/d]

 

13.9 ± 7.4

  

12.0 (2.0–30.0)

11,0

  1. SD Standard deviation, min Minimum, max Maximum, IU International unit, level of significance P < 0.05, IQR Inter quartile range
  2. aC peptide was not measured in one female patient