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We aimed to explore sexual knowledge and contraceptive use and associated factors in T1D adolescents compared to healthy peers.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Fifty- eight T1D adolescents (mean\u2009\u00b1\u2009SD age 16.3\u2009\u00b1\u20092.0 years, disease duration 6.7\u2009\u00b1\u20093.5 years) were compared to 116 healthy controls (matching 1:2 for school, age and gender). Anonymous questionnaires were used to evaluate sexual knowledge and contraceptive methods.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The commonest contraceptive method at the last sexual contact was the condom. The use of birth pill was reported by 11.8% patients and by 8.3% controls, withdrawal was reported by 33.3% of T1D and 24% of controls, no protection by 23.5% patients and by 10.2% controls, while double protection (\u22652 methods) was reported by 35% patients and 27.7% controls. No study participant used long-acting reversible contraception (LARC). The high protection (dual protection) group was characterized by younger age and older age at sexual debut (16.4 vs 15.8 years,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.010). The low protection group (no contraception\/withdrawal) was characterized by older patients\u2019 age (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.023) and younger paternal age (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.046). Among controls, the use of dual protection was more common in the group whose parents were married versus those with divorced parents (34.3 vs. 10%,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.042).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among the study population, the condom was the commonest contraceptive method for both groups, while 23.5% of patients and 10.2% controls used no protection. The degree of contraception use among patients was associated with patients\u2019 age and parental age and with the family structure in controls. 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