Table 1.
Characteristics of type 2 diabetic patients according to absence (-) or presence (+) of PAD at baseline.
| PAD (-) N = 345 |
PAD (+) N = 27 |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (year) | 60.2 ± 11.5 | 71.4 ± 8.11 | < 0.0001 |
| Duration of diabetes (year) | 10.7 ± 7.63 | 16.4 ± 11.2 | 0.01 |
| Sex (male: female) | 177:168 | 17:10 | 0.24 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 24.9 ± 3.32 | 24.7 ± 3.60 | 0.86 |
| Triglyceride (mmol/l) | 1.74 ± 0.93 | 1.74 ± 0.93 | 0.99 |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/l) | 5.15 ± 1.01 | 5.32 ± 0.88 | 0.40 |
| Hemoglobin A1c (%) | 7.67 ± 1.39 | 7.95 ± 1.13 | 0.30 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 134.3 ± 16.5 | 145.0 ± 16.5 | 0.003 |
| Smoker: non-smoker | 269:76 | 21:6 | 0.98 |