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. 2009 Jun 13;15:1179–1184.

Table 1. Comparison of clinical characteristics of participants by type of diabetes and DR status.

Clinical characteristics T1DM
p value T2DM
p value
No DR (n=94) Blinding DR (n=76) No DR (n=187) Blinding DR (n=139)
Sex (female)
48 (51)
29 (45)
0.478
100 (53)
45 (35)
0.001
Age (years)
38.4±14.9
49.8±15.5
<0.001
64.3±14.5
64.0±10.7
0.853
Disease duration (years)
15.4±9.1
30.9±13.4
<0.001
12.9±8.7
17.5±8.6
<0.001
HbA1c (%)
7.6±2.5
8.8±2.3
0.004
6.6±2.9
7.5±3.4
0.014
BMI (kg/m2)
25.9±7.1
25.9±9.8
0.958
32.2±9.1
29.6±11.5
0.026
Hypercholesterolemia (%)
33 (35)
32 (50)
0.062
120 (64)
81 (63)
0.802
Nephropathy (%)
40 (15)
29 (45)
<0.001
43 (23)
46 (36)
0.014
Smoker (%)
44 (47)
35 (55)
0.331
99 (53)
69 (53)
0.924
Hypertension (%) 37 (39) 46 (72) <0.001 153 (82) 107 (83) 0.796

Results are presented as number of subjects (%) or mean±standard deviation. P-values for comparison between cases and controls are given.