Table 3.

Comparison between the two groups by QIMT and QAS measurements

Variables	Patients	Controls	P value
IMT (μm)	626.5 ± 169.1	568.5 ± 122.6	0.1506
PWV (m/s)	8.388 ± 3.254	7.269 ± 1.332	0.0430*
α	5.481 ± 7.208	4.987 ± 1.749	0.1429
β	12.51 ± 14.16	9.279 ± 2.871	0.0463*
CC (mm2/Kpa)	0.802 ± 0.3094	0.968 ± 0.3992	0.0414*

Notes: *Value between controls and patients with diabetes P < 0.05. Data are presented as means ± standard deviation.

Abbreviations:IMT intima-media thickness; PWV pulse wave velocity; CC compliance coefficient.