Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients with diabetes and ischemic heart disease (n = 3,998).

Variable	No cardioprotective medication (n = 288)	1 or more cardioprotective medication(s) (n = 3710)	p-value
Male	50.7	61.6	<0.01
Age, mean (STD)	67.3(14.5)	69.3(9.8)	0.02
Hypertension	74.3	92.5	<0.01
Prior myocardial infarction	46.5	46.6	0.97
Peripheral vascular disease	8.0	10.2	0.24
Cerebrovascular disease	30.9	34.1	0.27
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	29.9	28.6	0.66
Heart failure	25.3	36.3	<0.01
Sleep apnea	20.1	23.4	0.21
Renal insufficiency	10.4	15.4	0.02
Retinopathy	6.9	6.6	0.82
Hypercholesterolemia	45.1	85.3	<0.01
Blood pressure <130/80 mm Hg at baseline	47.9	39.5	<0.01
LDL cholesterol <100 mg/dl at baseline	78.8	73.6	0.05
Hemoglobin A1C <7% at baseline	64.2	45.7	<0.01