No effect of yeast-like fungi on lipid metabolism and vascular endothelial growth factor level in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients with T1DM and healthy control subjects

	Patients with T1DM n = 45	Healthy control subjects n = 27	p-value
Age (years)	9.2 +/− 3.6	9.8 +/− 4.5	p = 0.65
Duration of diabetes (years)	5.0+/− 3.0	-----	------
HbA1c %	7.7 ± 1.24	4.2 ± 0.7	P = 0.005*
BMI (kg/m²)	21.3 ± 1.9	20.2 ± 1.4	P = 0.59
Albumin excretion rate (mg/24 h)	13.2 ± 7.4	3.75 ± 0.85	p = 0.007*
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	176.53 ± 26.9	174.3 ± 32.7	p = 0.089
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)	103.8 ± 22.07	95.0 ± 30.6	p = 0.214
HDL-cholesterol (mgl/dl)	54.28 ± 11.38	58.6 ± 13.1	p = 0.098
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	113.0 ± 10.0	110.0 ± 9.0	p = 0.64
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	70.0 ± 9.0	67.0 ± 8.0	p = 0.58
VEGF (pg/ml)	324.54 ± 185.61	120.45 ± 38.50	p = 0.001*

The results are presented as ± SD, significance (p <0.05)
Abbreviations: T1DM diabetes mellitus type 1, BMI body mass index, LDL Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor
*Patients with T1DM vs healthy control subjects

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