Does parity worsen diabetes-related chronic complications in women with type 1 diabetes?

Table 1 Clinical and demographic data of the studied population

Variable
n	1532
Age, yr	25.2 ± 10.6
Age at diabetes diagnosis, yr	11.4 ± 8.1
Age at menarche, yr	12.7 ± 1.7
Duration of diabetes, yr	11.5 ± 8.2
Ethnicity, n (%)1
Caucasian	907 (59.2)
Non-caucasian1	625 (40.7)
Geographic region, n (%)
Southeast	611 (39.9)
North/northeast	454 (29.6)
South	367 (24.0)
Mid-west	100 (6.5)
Economic status
High	104 (6.7)
Medium	383 (25.0)
Low	533 (34.8)
Very low	512 (33.4)
Level of care, n (%)
Secondary	412 (26.9)
Tertiary	1117 (73.1)
Time of follow-up, yr	7.1 (< 1 to 49)

Data are presented as number (percentage), mean ± SD or median (minimum/maximum).

¹African-Brazilians, Mulattos, Asians, and Native Indians.