| Age, median (IQR) |
56.50 (50.00 to 62.00) |
63.00 (58.00 to 71.00) |
0.051 |
| Female sex, n (%) |
6 (42.9) |
8 (53.3) |
0.573 |
| Body mass index, mean (SD) |
31.97 (6.97) |
27.85 (4.87) |
0.075 |
| Years since diagnosis, median (IQR) |
5.00 (1.00 to 13.25) |
9.00 (2.00 to 14.00) |
0.505 |
| Blood pressure, mmHg mean (SD) |
|
|
|
| Systolic |
125.00 (14.01) |
132.33 (18.79) |
0.247 |
| Diastolic |
83.71 (9.61) |
82.33 (10.83) |
0.720 |
| Heart rate, bpm mean (SD) |
75.21 (5.04) |
76.93 (7.74) |
0.488 |
| Hypertension, n (%) |
7 (50) |
10 (66.7) |
0.362 |
| Smoker, current or former, n (%) |
10 (71.4) |
8 (53.3) |
0.316 |
| HbA1c, % median (IQR) |
6.80 (5.83 to 7.20) |
6.40 (5.70 to 7.00) |
0.621 |
| Plasma glucose, mean (SD) |
133.36 (44.57) |
120.27 (26.58) |
0.341 |
| Diabetes therapy |
|
|
|
| Oral hypoglicemic agents, n (%) |
11 (78.6) |
14 (93.3) |
0.330 |
| Metformin |
9 (64.3) |
10 (66.7) |
1.00 |
| Sulfonylurea |
6 (42.9) |
6 (40.0) |
0.876 |
| Insulin, n (%) |
4 (28.6) |
1 (6.7) |
0.169 |
| Total cholesterol, mmol/l median (IQR) |
4.9 (4.6 to 5.4) |
5.6 (4.7 to 6.1) |
0.793 |
| HDL- cholesterol, mmol/l median (IQR) |
1.0 (0.9 to 1.4) |
1.3 (1 to 1.4) |
0.315 |
| LDL- cholesterol, mmol/l median (IQR) |
3.1 (2.8 to 3.6) |
3.3 (2.5 to 4.0) |
0.694 |
| Plasma creatinine, mg/dl mean (SD) |
0.77 (0.16) |
0.79 (0.13) |
0.733 |
| Hematocrit, % mean (SD) |
41.40 (4.88) |
40.63 (4.74) |
0.674 |
| Hemoglobin, gr/dl mean (SD) |
13.75 (1.62) |
13.33 (1.54) |
0.496 |
| Plasma insulin, mean (SD) |
12.18 (7.09) |
14.55 (5.89) |
0.371 |
| HOMA, median (IQR) |
4.23 (2.86 to 5.32) |
4.47 (3.10 to 5.61) |
0.526 |
| C-reactive protein, ng/ml median (IQR) |
0.39 (0.08 to 1.6) |
0.10 (0.06 to 0.46) |
0.218 |
