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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 13.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA. 2003 Oct 22;290(16):2159–2167. doi: 10.1001/jama.290.16.2159

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics at EDIC Study Baseline

Characteristic Originai DCCT Treatment Group P Value*
Intensive
(n=676)
Conventional
(n=673)
Age, mean (SD), Y 34 (7) 33 (7) .11
Women, No. (%) 330 (49) 313(46) .40
Diabetes duration, mean (SD), y 12 (5) 12(5) >.99
HbAlc, mean (SD), % 7,4 (1,1) 9.1(1.6) <.001
Body mass index, mean (SD) 26.5(4) 25.0(3) >.001
Smoking, No. (%) 155(23) 145(22) .54
LDL-C, mean (SD), mg/dL 113(27) 115(32) .39
Albumin excretion rate
 Median (IQR), mg/24 h
8.6 (5.8-14.4) 10.1 (5.8-20.2) <.001
 >28 μg/min, No. (%) 50(7.4) 87(12.9) <.001
 >208 μg/min, No. (%) 10(1.5) 20(3.0) .06
Serum creatinine, mean (SD),mg/dl 0.85(0.17) 0.84(0.15) .12
GFR by 125I-iothalamate clearance,
 mean (SD),mL/min per 1.73 m2
125(20) 126(21) .26
 <70 mL/min per 1.73 m2, No.(%) 2(0.4) 3(0.6) .68
Standard creatinine clearance,
 mean (SD), mL/min per 1.73 m2
122(26) 122(26) .57
 <70 mL/min per 1.73 m2, No. (%) 10(1.5) 10(1.5) .99
Blood pressure, mm Hg
 >140/90, confirmed, No. (%)
74(11) 71(11) .81
 >130/80, unconfirmed, No. (%) 260(39) 242(36) .35
 Arterial pressure, mean (SD), mm Hg§ 89(9) 88(9) .26
Heart rate, mean (SD),beatdmin 75(10) 75(10) .19

Abbreviations: DCCT, Diabetes Control and Complications Triaf; EDIC, Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; HbAlc, glycosylated hemoglobin; IQR, interquartile range; LDL-C, lowdensity lipoprotein cholesterol.

SI conversion factors: To convert LDL-C to mmoVL, multiply mg/dL values by 0.0259; to convert serum creatinine to μmoVL, multiply mg/o’L values by 88.4; to convert GFR and standard creatinine clearance to mL/s, multiply mL/min values by 0.0167.

*

From Wilcoxon rank-scam test (continuous variables) and χ2 or Fisher exact test (categorical variables).

Calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters.

Based on 4-how collection of urine.

§

Mean arterial pressure = 2/3 diastolic pressure + 1/3 systdic pressure.