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. 2008 Apr 29;9:198. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-198

Table 4.

General clinical data for the patient populations.

Parameter Population Total populations No complications Nephro-pathy Retino-pathy Cardiovascular
Number of patients (% of total population) Ash 762 269 (35.3) 308 (40.4) 118 (15.5) 261 (34.3)
Seph 191 65 (34) 69 (36.1) 37 (19.4) 60 (31.4)
NAF 226 74 (32.7) 88 (38.9) 61 (27) 52 (23)
M/F (%) Ash 50/50 38/62 54/46 57/43 62/38
Seph 51/49 48/52 55/45 54/46 62/38
NAF 48/52 42/58 53/47 48/52 63.5/36.5
Age (mean ± SD) Ash 65.7 ± 9.9 64.3 ± 10 65.9 ± 9.7 64.6 ± 9.2 68.0 ± 9.2
Seph 65 ± 9 64.3 ± 8.4 65.1 ± 8.8 64.6 ± 8.2 66.8 ± 8.6
NAF 61.9 ± 9.4 60.7 ± 10.0 62.4 ± 8.9 61.6 ± 10.3 63.1 ± 8.8
Years of diabetes (mean ± SD) Ash 18.9 ± 8.3 16.8 ± 7.3 19.2 ± 8.4 22.9 ± 8.5 20.9 ± 9.0
Seph 19.4 ± 8.4 21.4 ± 8.8 20.5 ± 9.2 24 ± 9.1 21.2 ± 8.2
NAF 19 ± 7.3 16.8 ± 6.4 19.4 ± 7.3 22.4 ± 7.9 19.7 ± 7.9
BMI1 (kg/m2, mean ± SD) Ash 29.9 ± 5.2 28.8 ± 4.6 30.6 ± 5.5 30.8 ± 6.0 29.7 ± 5.0
Seph 30.3 ± 4.9 30.7 ± 5.4 30.4 ± 5.3 30.5 ± 5.7 30.5 ± 5
NAF 29.6 ± 5.1 28.8 ± 4.8 30.6 ± 5.1 30.3 ± 5.3 30.9 ± 4.5
HbA1c (mean ± SD) Ash 7.9 ± 1.5 7.8 ± 1.4 8.0 ± 1.5 8.2 ± 1.6 7.9 ± 1.4
Seph 8.2 ± 1.6 8.2 ± 1.7 8.2 ± 1.4 8.2 ± 1.6 8.3 ± 1.6
NAF 8.7 ± 1.9 8.7 ± 2.0 8.8 ± 2.0 8.6 ± 1.6 8.7 ± 1.9
HTN2 (%) Ash 72.9 61.3 81.8 79.7 77.4
Seph 70.2 73.8 81.2 86.5 81.7
NAF 61.5 54.1 69.3 72.1 65.4
LDL-c (mg/dl, mean ± SD) Ash 104.0 ± 31.0 108.7 ± 31.1 102.3 ± 29.7 103.3 ± 27.9 98.2 ± 30.5
Seph 109.3 ± 36.7 106 ± 36 107.1 ± 39 110.9 ± 38 96.1 ± 29.4
NAF 104.7 ± 29.8 104.9 ± 28.3 106.3 ± 27.8 105.6 ± 36.6 102.5 ± 31

1 BMI = Body mass index 2 HTN – Hypertension