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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the leisure time physical activity groups in intensive and standard arms of DCCT study

From: Effects of physical activity on the development and progression of microvascular complications in type 1 diabetes: retrospective analysis of the DCCT study

 

Standard treatment

Intensive treatment

 

Category1 (N=130)

Category 2 (N=194)

Category 3 (N=387)

P value

Category 1 (N=141)

Category 2 (N=207)

Category 3 (N=382)

P value

# Age (Years)

28.7(5.9)

27.8(6.8)

25.0(7.4)

<0.01

29.4(6.1)

28.2(6.5)

25.8(7.4)

<0.01

# Duration of diabetes (Months)

62.8(50.0)

67.4(49.2)

65.7(48.6)

0.70

74.7(51.3)

69.2(51.0)

68.2(50.4)

0.45

# HbA1c

9.1(1.9)

9.0(1.6)

9.1(1.5)

0.66

9.3(1.7)

8.9(1.5)

9.1(1.6)

0.18

# Cholesterol(mg/dl)

179.6(36.1)

177.5(34.8)

173.3(31.8)

0.11

176.3(30.3)

179.1(34.7)

176.4(32.7)

0.62

# Triglycerides(mg/dl)

82.4(54.0)

81.0(42.3)

82.0(54.8)

0.97

77.7(43.2)

78.5(38.1)

83.1(45.6)

0.32

# BMI (Kg/m2)

23.5(2.9)

23.5(2.9)

23.4(2.9)

0.88

23.3(2.8)

23.4(2.7)

23.3(2.7)

0.76

# DBP (mmHg)

72.6(8.6)

72.6(8.7)

73.0(9.0)

0.82

71.5(8.7)

72.5(8.9)

72.5(8.9)

0.51

# SBP (mmHg)

113.0(11.5)

114.7(11.3)

115.4(12.0)

0.12

113.1(11.3)

113.5(12.0)

113.4(11.4)

0.95

*Primary prevention cohort %

57.4

46.9

52.4

0.14

48.5

46.9

50.1

0.76

*Male %

47.5

54.1

56.5

0.19

40.8

43.8

58.9

<0.001

*Current smoker %

29.1

22.7

18.3

0.11

26.9

20.6

18.3

0.03

*Occupational activity

        

Sedentary %

37.6

33.3

26.4

0.06

29.2

35.6

26.7

0.09

Moderate %

53.9

59.9

66.8

 

64.6

58.8

64.8

 

Vigorous %

8.5

6.8

6.8

 

6.2

5.7

8.5

 
  1. Category 1 = METS less than 450Category 2 = METS 450-1500Category 3 = METS > 1500. # Mean (Standard Deviation).
  2. * Percentage.