Table 1. Baseline characteristic of patients.
| Characteristics | x±s |
| Male (%) | 30.2 |
| Age (a) | 54.8±9.4 |
| Body mass index ( kg/m2) | 27.6±4.6 |
| Duration of diabetes (a) | 7.52±6.1 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 98.4±12.7 |
| Systolic blood pressure ( mm Hg) | 125.2±20.1 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 76.9±11.7 |
| FBS (mg/dL) | 173.8±70.3 |
| HbA1C (%) | 8.7±1.9 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 175.9±39.8 |
| Triglyceride (mg/dL) | 168.1±115.4 |
| HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 41.9±7.0 |
| LDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 102.9±29.8 |
| Creatinine (mg/dL) | 0.97±0.2 |
| Ca (mg/dL) | 9.4±0.4 |
| P (mg/dL) | 3.7±0.6 |
| PTH (pg/mL) | 61.0±15.9 |
| 25 (OH) D (ng/mL) | 9.8±8.5 |
| Urine albumin to creatinine ratio (micg/mg) | 47.9±78.0 |
| Glumerolar filtration rate (mL/min) | 83.1±26.4 |
| IGF1 | 104.4±44.5 |
| High sensitive C-reactive protein | 3.0±3.7 |
| Hypertension (%) | 56.7 |
| Smoking (%) | 5.2 |
| History of macrovascular disease (%) | 26.2 |
| Retinopathy (%) | 35% (21.8% non-proliferative retinopathy, 7.7% proliferative retinopathy and 7.1% macular edema) |
FBS: Fasting blood glucose; HbA1C: Glycosylated hemoglobin; LDL: Low density lipoprotein; HDL: High density lipoprotein; PTH: Parathyroid hormone; 25(OH) D: 25 hydroxy vitamin D.
(n= 235)