Table 2.
Comparison of baseline cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors at diagnosis and 2 years after diagnosis of diabetes mellitus.
| Variable | At diagnosis |
24 months following diagnosis |
p |
|---|---|---|---|
| N = 421 (%) | |||
| Cardiovascular risk factors | |||
| Smoking | 20 (4.7%) | 25 (5.9%) | 0.06 |
| Hypertension | 207 (49.1%) | 208 (49.4%) | 1.00 |
| Dyslipidaemia | 260 (61.7%) | 262 (62.2%) | 0.50 |
| Overweight | 131 (31.1%) | 203 (48.2%) | <0.001 |
| Obese | 194 (46.1%) | 144 (34.2%) | <0.001 |
| Physical activity <150 min/week | … | 186 (44.1) | … |
| Measured risk factors | |||
| Systolic BP (mean ± SD) mmHg | 159.7 ± 21.0 | 147.6 ± 13.4 | 0.01 |
| Diastolic BP (mean ± SD) mmHg | 93.0 ± 13.4 | 88.3 ± 7.3 | 0.05 |
| FPG (mean ± SD) mg/dL | 224.5 ± 87.1 | 138.6 ± 54.38 | <0.001 |
| BMI (mean ± SD) kg/m2 | 27.4 ± 5.9 | 26.5 ± 4.5 | <0.001 |
FPG - Fasting plasma glucose, BP - blood pressure.