Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Clinical characteristics	Controls	Cases	P-value
Number (n)	174	295
Gender (male/female)	99/75	179/116	NS
Age at diabetes diagnosis (years)	42 (9)	43 (8)	NS
At the enrollment into the study:
Age (years)	57 (8)	61 (8)	<0.0001
BMI (kg/m2)	30 (16)	32 (7)	NS
Known duration of diabetes (years)	13 (7)	17 (8)	<0.0001
Hemoglobin A1c (%)	7.9 (1.4)	8.0 (1.6)	NS
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	129 (15)	137 (20)	<0.0001
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	85 (23)	79 (18)	<0.001
Cases with CRF/ESRD (n)	NA	157

Data are presented as mean (S D). NA, not applicable