Prevalence and pattern of dyslipidemia in an Egyptian children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes

Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette

Table 4 Correlations between the lipid profile and the demographic parameters and glycemic control

		TC	TG	LDL	HDL	HbA1c
Age of diabetes onset	Pearson correlation	− 0.02	0.05	− 0.02	0.06	0.03
Age of diabetes onset	P value	0.61	0.14	0.64	0.09	0.34
Diabetes duration	Pearson correlation	0.24	0.08	0.12	0.05	0.2
Diabetes duration	P value	< 0.001*	0.02*	0.001*	0.17	<0.001*
Age	Pearson correlation	0.17	0.11	0.08	0.09	0.18
Age	P value	< 0.001*	0.002*	0.026*	0.06	<0.001*
BMI	Pearson correlation	0.03	0.05	0.02	0.01	0.02
BMI	P value	0.17	0.15	0.53	0.13	0.32
Insulin dose	Pearson correlation	0.02	0.17	0.07	0.14	0.14
Insulin dose	P value	0.13	0.14	0.17	0.11	0.33
HbA1c	Pearson correlation	0.19	0.13	0.11	0.07	1
HbA1c	P value	< 0.001*	< 0.001*	0.001*	0.07

*P value < 0.05 is considered significant, TC total cholesterol, TG triglycerides, LDL low-density lipoprotein, HDL high-density lipoprotein, HbA1c glycosylated hemoglobin, BMI body mass index