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Table 3 Comparisons between T1DM patients with and without abdominal obesity for all and gender specified

From: Gender, alexithymia and physical inactivity associated with abdominal obesity in type 1 diabetes mellitus: a cross sectional study at a secondary care hospital diabetes clinic

 

All patients

Men

Women

 

Obesitya

Non-obesity

P a

Obesitya

Non-obesity

P a

Obesitya

Non-obesity

P a

N

49

235

 

13

146

 

36

89

 

Age (years)

45 (35, 53)

42 (31, 51)

0.11b

50 (34, 58)

43 (32, 51)

0.072 b

45 (35–51)

40 (30–48)

0.18b

Diabetes duration (years)

22 (14, 28)

20 (11, 31)

0.64b

21 (8, 31)

20 (12, 32)

0.92 b

23 (15–29)

18 (10–29)

0.27b

Depression (≥ 8p)c

6 (12)

23 (10)

0.61

2 (15)

13 (9)

0.35

4 (11)

10 (11)

>0.99

Anxiety (≥ 8p)d

25 (51)

71 (30)

0.007

3 (31)

35 (24)

0.74

21 (58)

36 (40)

0.078

Alexithymia (≥ 61p)e

12 (24)

30 (13)

0.046

3 (23)

16 (11)

0.19

9 (25)

14 (16)

0.31

High DIF (≥23 p)e

12 (24)

20 (8)

0.005

4 (31)

8 (6)

0.009

8 (22)

12 (14)

0.28

High DDF (≥ 18 p)e

4 (8)

26 (11)

0.80

1 (8)

16 (11)

>0.99

3 (8)

10 (11)

0.72

High EOT (≥ 27 p)e

2 (4)

29 (12)

0.13

0 (0)

23 (16)

0.22

2 (6)

6 (7)

>0.99

High self-emancipation (≥ 66 p)f

6 (12)

21 (9)

0.43

3 (23)

15 (10)

0.18

3 (9)

6 (7)

0.72

Low self-affirmation (≤ 38 p)f

9 (19)

23 (10)

0.13

1 (8)

8 (6)

0.55

8 (23)

15 (17)

0.61

Low self-love (≤ 40 p)f

8 (17)

23 (10)

0.21

2 (15)

9 (6)

0.23

6 (17)

14 (16)

>0.99

Low self-protection (≤ 30 p)f

5 (10)

23 (10)

>0.99

1 (8)

18 (13)

>0.99

4 (11)

5 (6)

0.28

Low self-control (≤ 28 p)f

8 (17)

25 (11)

0.32

2 (15)

16 (11)

0.65

6 (17)

9 (10)

0.36

High self-blame (≥ 52 p)f

9 (19)

28 (12)

0.24

1 (8)

8 (6)

0.55

8 (23)

20 (23)

>0.99

High self-hate (≥ 50 p)f

10 (21)

20 (9)

0.021

1 (8)

7 (5)

0.51

9 (26)

13 (15)

0.20

High self-neglect (≥ 48 p)f

7 (14)

24 (10)

0.45

1 (8)

17 (12)

>0.99

6 (17)

7 (8)

0.19

Smokingg

4 (9)

24 (11)

0.80

1 (8)

17 (12)

>0.99

3 (9)

7 (8)

>0.99

Physical inactivityh

9 (19)

22 (10)

0.084

2 (15)

16 (11)

0.65

7 (20)

6 (7)

0.054

Cardiovascular complications

5 (10)

5 (2)

0.016

1 (8)

5 (3)

0.41

4 (11)

0

0.006

Clinical psychiatric diagnoses

11 (22)

27 (11)

0.062

1 (8)

15 (10)

>0.99

10 (28)

12 (14)

0.071

Antidepressants

8 (16)

15 (6)

0.038

1 (8)

10 (7)

>0.99

7 (19)

5 (6)

0.038

MDII and OAA

13 (27)

4 (2)

<0.001

3 (23)

3 (2)

0.009

10 (28)

1 (1)

<0.001

CSII

1 (2)

25 (10)

 

0

13 (9)

 

1 (3)

12 (14)

 

MDII

35 (71)

206 (88)

 

10 (77)

130 (89)

 

25 (69)

76 (85)

 
  1. Obesity defined as men/women: WC ≥ 1.02/≥ 0.88 m. Data are n (%) or median (q1, q3)
  2. aFisher’s exact test unless otherwise indicated
  3. bMann-Whitney U test
  4. cHADS-D
  5. dHADS-A
  6. eTAS-20
  7. fSASB
  8. Missing values for obese/non-obese men: f n = 0/3
  9. g n = 0/6
  10. h n = 0/6. Missing values for obese/non-obese women. f n = 1/3; g n = 2/4; h n = 1/5