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Table 2 Comparison of random blood sugar (RBS), Hb1Ac, duration, and age of onset between T1DM patients who has detectable or non-datable level of sCTLA-4

From: Serum sCTLA-4 level is not associated with type 1 diabetes or the coexistence of autoantibodies in children and adolescent patients from the southern region of Saudi Arabia

  

Range

Median

Mean (± SD)

p value

Number

Detectable level of sCTLA-4

*n = 7

    

Non decetable

*n = 135

    

sCTLA-4 levels

Detectable

4.7–203

25.2

56.3

 

Undetectable

 

RBS

Detectable

88–355

291.5

287.8 (± 27.6)

0.21

Undetectable

62–481

293

251.3 (± 41.6)

HbA1C

Detectable

6.9–16.6

9.6

9.6 (± 1.4)

0.32

Undetectable

5–14

10

9.6 (± 2.1)

Duration (years)

Detectable

0.5–13

5

5.4 (± 3.2)

0.09

Undetectable

1–11

4

4.3 (± 2.4)

Age of onset (years)

Detectable

1–16

7.5

8.7 (± 3.0)

0.43

Undetectable

1–11

8

7.5 (± 3.7)

  1. sCTLA-4 soluble form of cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4, T1DM type I diabetes mellitus, RBS random blood glucose