Table 1.
Clinical and laboratory characteristics of the study population.
| Patients with DM | Controls | ||
| (n = 132) | (n = 80) | p | |
| Age, years | 54.5±9.6 | 53.2±9.0 | 0.315 |
| Gender, Male (%) | 76(57.6%) | 50(62.5%) | 0.479 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23.5±5.8 | 22.1±6.1 | 0.116 |
| Smoking (%) | 50(37.9%) | 27(33.8%) | 0.545 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 116.8±12.9 | 114.8±14.6 | 0.315 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 68.6±8.5 | 67.9±8.7 | 0.608 |
| Heart rate (beats/min) | 73.2±10.2 | 74.7±11.6 | 0.339 |
| Disease duration (mo) | 83.4±52.5 | - | - |
| NLR | 3.7±1.4 | 2.5±1.2 | <0.001 |
| HsCRP (mg/L) | 1.0±0.4 | 0.8±0.4 | 0.003 |
| CIMT | 0.80±0.25 | 0.66±0.13 | <0.001 |
BMI: body mass index; SDP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; NLR: neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio; hsCRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; CIMT: carotid intima-media thickness.