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Table 1—

Clinical characteristics of patients with type 1 diabetes with and without hypothyroidism

	With hypothyroidism	Without hypothyroidism
n	18	40
Sex (M/F)	5/13	21/19
BMI (kg/m²)	24 ± 1	22 ± 0.3
TSH (mU/l)	8 ± 1	1.9 ± 0.2
TPO antibodies [n (%)]	13 (72)	5 (13)^*
Age, diabetes onset (years)	18 ± 2	16 ± 1
Age, hypothyroidism (years)	29 ± 3	—
Time between onset of diabetes and hypothyroidism (years)	8 ± 4	—

	With hypothyroidism	Without hypothyroidism
n	18	40
Sex (M/F)	5/13	21/19
BMI (kg/m²)	24 ± 1	22 ± 0.3
TSH (mU/l)	8 ± 1	1.9 ± 0.2
TPO antibodies [n (%)]	13 (72)	5 (13)^*
Age, diabetes onset (years)	18 ± 2	16 ± 1
Age, hypothyroidism (years)	29 ± 3	—
Time between onset of diabetes and hypothyroidism (years)	8 ± 4	—

Data are mean ± SE.

*

P < 0.01.