TABLE 1.

Baseline characteristics.

	Non‐diabetes group (n = 11)	Diabetes group (n = 10)
Age, years	40 ± 12	49 ± 8
Ethnicity, n (%)
Hispanic	5 (45.5)	5 (50)
White	3 (27.3)	3 (30)
Black	3 (27.3)	1 (10)
Sex, n (%)
Male, n (%)	3 (27.3)	5 (50)
Antihypertensive medication, n (%)	4 (33)	6 (60)
Lipid lowering medication, n (%)	0 (0)	4 (40)*
Aspirin, n (%)	2 (18) a	0 (0)

Note: Age was compared using an independent t‐test, and there were no statistical group differences in age. The between proportions of all other variable were compared using Chi‐squared tests.

^a Aspirin was held 3 days before phlebotomy.

*p < 0.05; comparing non‐diabetes group with diabetes group proportions (Chi‐squared test).