Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study patients.

	Males	Females	P-value
n (%)	134 (41.9)	186 (58.1)	-
Age (years)	62.8 ± 6.8	63.6 ± 7.6	NS
BMI (kg/m2)	28.9 ± 4.9	31.2 ± 5.4	< 0.001
Duration of diabetes (years)	10.5 ± 6.1	12.3 ± 7.2	0.03
HbA1c (%)	7.2 ± 1.3	7.7 ± 1.7	0.001
Retinopathy (yes) n (%)	14 (10.4)	23 (12.4)	NS
Neuropathy (yes) n (%)	13 (9.7)	19 (10.2)	NS
Nephropathy (yes) n (%)	2 (1.5)	4 (2.2)	NS
Depression (yes) n (%)	17 (12.7)	90 (48.4)	< 0.001

Data are shown as mean ± SD or as n (%).