Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of cases (n = 272) and controls (n = 367) (Data are n, mean ± SD)

Criteria	Cases	Controls
N	272	367
Gender
Male	61.4 %	40.3 %
Female	38.6 %	59.7 %
Age at Diagnosis (years)	17.1 ± 8.2	16.8 ± 8.1
*Duration of Diabetes (years)	26.9 ± 8.3	27.7 ± 9.0
HbA1C (%)	8.5 ± 1.7	8.4 ± 1.6
BMI (kg/m2)	26.0 ± 3.8	26.2 ± 3.5
Systolic Blood Pressure (mm Hg)	150.1 ± 22.6	126.9 ± 16.6
Diastolic Blood Pressure (mm Hg)	86.5 ± 11.4	76.1 ± 7.3

* Duration of diabetes was calculated from the date of diagnosis of diabetes to date of recruitment

* BMI = body mass index