Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of 1,004 adults with diabetes.
| Characteristic | n (%) or mean (sd) |
| Ace Inhibitors use | 445 (44.3%) |
| Men | 457 (45.5%) |
| Age, years | 64.8 (12.0) |
| Systolic Blood Pressure, mmHg | 140.3 (19.6) |
| Glycosolated hemoglobin A1C, % | 7.12 (1.3) |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 33.81 (7.4) |
| Alcohol use | 274 (27.4%) |
| Cigarette smoking | 170 (17.0%) |
| Number of comorbid conditions | 1.8 (1.7) |
| Number of prescription medications | 6.7 (3.8) |
| Rheumatic disease | 142 (14.2%) |
| Asthma/chronic obstructive lung disease | 203 (20.2%) |
| Coronary artery disease | 193 (19.2%) |
| Cancer | 126 (12.6%) |
| Congestive heart failure | 172 (17.2%) |
| Cirrhosis | 18 (1.8%) |
| Stroke | 118 (11.8%) |
| Depression | 351 (35.0%) |
| Foot ulcers | 111 (11.2%) |
| Foot/leg pain | 291 (31.0%) |
| Microvascular disease | 170 (17.0%) |
| Paresis | 30 (3.0%) |
| Peptic ulcer disease | 143 (14.3%) |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 88 (8.8%) |
| Renal problems | 50 (5.0%) |
| Sexual dysfunction | 244 (26.6%) |
| Stomach emptying | 56 (6.2%) |
sd = standard deviation; n = number of subjects with the characteristic