Influences of gender on cardiovascular disease risk factors in adolescents with and without type 1 diabetes

Table 2 Cardiovascular disease risk factors by sex and diabetes status adjusted for mean centered A1c and BMI Z-score in addition to race/ethnicity, Tanner stage, and smoking status

Variable	Non-DM		Type 1 diabetes		P-value for interaction
Gender	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	All
Total cholesterol, mg/dl^(2,4)	151 ± 6	154 ± 5	156 ± 5	171 ± 5	0.12
Triglycerides^a, mg/dl	82(70-96)	86(74-99)	83(73-95)	85(73-95)	0.62
HDL-c, mg/dl^(1,2,3,4)	48 ± 2	53 ± 2	52 ± 2	57 ± 2	0.80
LDL-c, mg/dl ^(2,4)	84 ± 5	81 ± 4	85 ± 4	94 ± 4	0.04
SBP, mmHg^(1,2,4)	112 ± 1	105 ± 1	113 ± 1	108 ± 1	0.26
DBP, mmHg^(3,4)	64 ± 1	63 ± 1	67 ± 1	68 ± 1	0.30
hs-CRP^a, mg/dl^(2,4)	0.52(0.34-0.80)	0.62(0.42-0.92)	0.64(0.45-0.91)	1.03(0.72-1.48)	0.25

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