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. 2013 Jul 23;14:162. doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-14-162

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of 673 Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes stratified by the onset of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) after a median follow up period of 8 years

  Subjects without DKD at baseline and 8 year Subjects with DKD at baseline and 8-year P value
Number
554
119
 
Clinical features
 
 
 
Age (years)
56
64
<0.001b
(47 to 63)
(58 to 69)
Male sex
39.7% (220)
47.9% (57)
0.100a
Age of onset (years)
45
53
<0.001b
(38–55)
(45–60)
Duration of diabetes (years)
9
10
0.032b
(2 to 13)
(6 to 13)
Smoking
 
 
0.003a
Ex smokers
31.8% (176)
20.2% (24)
 
Current smokers
9.7% (54)
20.2% (24)
 
BMI (kg/m2)
24.7
25.2
0.160b
(22.3 to 27.0)
(22.7 to 27.2)
Waist circumference (cm) Men
88.0
89.0
0.325b
(83.0 to 92.8)
(84.0 to 96.0)
Waist circumference (cm) Women
83.0
85.0
0.109b
(77.0 to 89.0)
(77.8 to 93.0)
Waist to hip ratio
0.88
0.91
<0.001b
(0.84 to 0.92)
(0.87 to 0.96)
Systolic BP (mmHg)
132
156
<0.001b
 
(120 to 145)
(140 to 171)
Diastolic BP (mmHg)
77
83
<0.001b
(70 to 85)
(76 to 93)
Laboratory data
 
 
 
HbA1c (%)
7.5
7.6
0.919b
(6.7 to 8.7)
(6.6 to 8.8)
Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)
7.9
8.3
0.849b
(6.5 to 10.5)
(6.2 to 10.1)
LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)
3.20
3.70
0.008b
(2.70 to 3.90)
(2.80 to 4.38)
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)
1.20
1.11
<0.001b
(1.00 to 1.50)
(0.90 to 1.40)
Triglyceride (mmol/L)
1.25
1.87
<0.001b
(0.87 to 1.95)
(1.14 to 2.55)
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)
5.3
5.7
0.001b
(4.6 to 6.0)
(4.8 to 6.7)
White blood cell count (×109/L)
7.0
7.7
<0.001b
(5.8 to 8.3)
(6.8 to 9.1)
ACR (mg/mmol)
1.5
245.6
<0.001b
(0.8 to 4.7)
(81.5 to 423.4)
eGFR (ml/min/ 1.73 m2)
119.9
38.0
<0.001b
(101.7 to 138.1)
(27.0 to 48.9)
Drug use at baseline
 
 
 
Lipid lowering drugs
5.4% (30)
23.5% (28)
<0.001a
ACEI/ARB
6.1% (34)
28.6% (34)
<0.001a
Other blood pressure lowering drugs
21.3% (118)
63.9% (76)
<0.001a
Oral blood glucose lowering drugs
53.2% (295)
36.1% (43)
0.001a
Insulin 16.8% (93) 39.5% (47) <0.001a

a Derived from Chi-square text, % (N);b Mann–Whitney Two-Sample Test, Median (25th to 75th quartiles).

Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein.