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. 2013 Aug 7;12:113. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-12-113

Table 2.

Male and female group comparisons of blood pressure and total cholesterol at different time points

Systolic BP(mmHg) Control Rosiglitazone Diet Insulin Insulin + Orals Metformin Oral agents combination Sulphonylurea
Male
N
72
48
4
30
6
65
16
26
Baseline
119.1 ± 1.0
129.4 ± 1.0
114.4 ± 1.0
127.1 ± 1.0
139.1 ± 1.1
123.9 ± 1.0
139.3 ± 1.1
123.9 ± 1.0
6 months
131.3 ± 1.0
131.3 ± 1.0
134.0 ± 1.2
125.0 ± 1.0
138.4 ± 1.0
124.1 ± 1.0
132.6 ± 1.0
126.2 ± 1.0
12 months
130.7 ± 1.0
130.6 ± 1.1
-
130.7 ± 1.1
124.0 ± 1.0*
126.2 ± 1.0
133.2 ± 1.1*
128.3 ± 1.0
Female
N
79
1
11
25
6
56
21
31
Baseline
114.0 ± 1.2
139.7 ± 1.0
127.9 ± 1.1
127.6 ± 1.0
121.4 ± 1.0
128.7 ± 1.1
130.4 ± 1.1
127.5 ± 1.0
6 months
115.9 ± 1.1
-
124.6 ± 1.1
122.9 ± 1.0
126.8 ± 1.0
126.2 ± 1.0
124.3 ± 1.0
132.1 ± 1.0
12 months
116.4 ± 1.0
-
132.7 ± 1.0
125.1 ± 1.1
129.1 ± 1.1
129.2 ± 1.0
124.3 ± 1.0*
126.6 ± 1.0
Diastolic BP(mmHg)
Male
Baseline
75.4 ± 1.0
71.8 ± 1.0
72.2 ± 1.0
77.2 ± 1.0
74.5 ± 1.0
80.0 ± 1.0
74.0 ± 1.0
80.0 ± 1.0
6 months
74.4 ± 1.0
80.6 ± 1.1
72.4 ± 1.0
79.0 ± 1.1
80.1 ± 1.1
78.2 ± 1.0
83.0 ± 1.1
83.5 ± 1.1
12 months
74.1 ± 1.0
83.8 ± 1.1*
-
80.7 ± 1.1
87.5 ± 1.1*
76.4 ± 1.0
87.4 ± 1.1*
85.6 ± 1.1
Female
Baseline
74.0 ± 1.0
89.9 ± 1.1
80.4 ± 1.1
80.7 ± 1.1
76.5 ± 1.0
81.2 ± 1.0
80.6 ± 1.0
79.1 ± 1.0
6 months
72.4 ± 1.0
-
74.2 ± 1.0
76.8 ± 1.0
79.7 ± 1.0
78.2 ± 1.0
82.2 ± 1.0
72.5 ± 1.0
12 months
72.2 ± 1.0
-
74.7 ± 1.0
77.4 ± 1.0
77.9 ± 1.0
81.4 ± 1.0
77.3 ± 1.0
78.5 ± 1.0
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)
Male
Baseline
4.4 ± 0.02
4.7 ± 0.02
5.3 ± 0.08
4.9 ± 0.03
5.2 ± 0.06
5.3 ± 0.02
4.7 ± 0.04
5.3 ± 0.03
6 months
4.6 ± 0.02
4.4 ± 0.02
7.2 ± 0.22
5.3 ± 0.04
5.0 ± 0.06
5.1 ± 0.03
4.5 ± 0.05
4.9 ± 0.04
12 months
4.6 ± 0.03
4.0 ± 0.04
8.0 ± 0.22
4.6 ± 0.05
4.4 ± 0.12*
4.9 ± 0.03
4.3 ± 0.08
5.0 ± 0.06
Female
Baseline
4.7 ± 0.02
4.6 ± 0.15
5.3 ± 0.04
5.3 ± 0.04
5.5 ± 0.06
5.2 ± 0.02
5.2 ± 0.03
5.3 ± 0.03
6 months
4.7 ± 0.04
-
5.1 ± 0.06
4.7 ± 0.04
5.1 ± 0.07
5.3 ± 0.02
5.2 ± 0.04
5.4 ± 0.03
12 months 4.7 ± 0.03 - 5.4 ± 0.10 4.4 ± 0.04* 4.4 ± 0.07* 4.9 ± 0.03 4.7 ± 0.05 5.3 ± 0.04

Data represented by Mean ± standard error; ‘*’ Represents significant difference from the baseline. Level of significance is at p ≤ 0.05.